noun
- A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- Paintballs.
- A face card (king, queen, or jack).
- Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- Makeup.
- Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
verb
- To apply paint to.
- To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- To create (an image) with paints.
- To practise the art of painting pictures.
- To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- To depict or portray.
- To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
- To direct a radar beam toward.
Pronunciation
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Paint is a 2-meaning word in English. Medium-length words often have several interesting anagrams.
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