paint
1. a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid);
dries to form a hard coating (Freq. 7)
- artists use 'paint' and 'pigment' interchangeably
• Syn:
pigment
• Hypernyms:
coating, coat, coloring material, colouring material, color, colour
• Hyponyms:
acrylic, acrylic paint, antifouling paint, coat of paint, distemper,
enamel, encaustic, finger paint, fingerpaint, house paint, housepaint,
oil paint, semigloss, spray paint, water-base paint
• Substance Meronyms:
pigment
2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court;
usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- he hit a jump shot from the top of the key
- he dominates play in the paint
• Syn:
key
• Topics:
basketball, basketball game, hoops
• Hypernyms:
space
• Part Holonyms:
basketball court
• Part Meronyms:
foul line
3. makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
• Syn:
rouge, blusher
• Derivationally related forms:
blush (for: blusher), rouge (for: rouge)
• Hypernyms:
makeup, make-up, war paint
1. make a painting (Freq. 17)
- he painted all day in the garden
- He painted a painting of the garden
• Derivationally related forms:
painter, painting
• Topics:
art, artistic creation, artistic production
• Hypernyms:
create
• Hyponyms:
finger-paint, stipple, bodypaint, fresco, distemper,
charge, shade, fill in, watercolour, watercolor
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Sam and Sue paint
2. apply paint to;
coat with paint (Freq. 13)
- We painted the rooms yellow
• Derivationally related forms:
painter, painting
• Hypernyms:
coat, surface
• Hyponyms:
grain, repaint, airbrush, prime, ground, undercoat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They want to paint the doors
3. make a painting of (Freq. 11)
- He painted his mistress many times
• Derivationally related forms:
painter, painting
• Topics:
art, artistic creation, artistic production
• Hypernyms:
represent, interpret
• Hyponyms:
repaint
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot paint Sue
4. apply a liquid to;
e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
• Derivationally related forms:
painting
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- The men paint the boat
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