Synonyms:
paint, pigment
Meaning: 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; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
paint
Meaning: make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
Synonyms:
paint
Meaning: apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow"
Synonyms:
paint
Meaning: make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times"
Usage examples
PAINT.
"Put down your paint pot," he said.
"Karl Wolkenlicht, I should like to paint you."
My brothers have given me paint and I wear it."
'I would give anything to paint like that,' said Mildred.
Now we have a darkness on which we can paint, an unspoiled twilight.
'I'm so frightened,' she said; 'I'm afraid I don't paint well enough.'
'I should like you to see the drawing,' she said, 'before I begin to paint.'
John took his paint pot and brush and went clattering down the uncarpeted stairs.
'I paint portraits when I can get them to do; when I can't, I come here and copy....