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noun | verb paintpaint1 /peɪnt/ ●●● S2 W2 noun ► a ... coat of paint This room needs a fresh coat of paint. 1 [uncountable] a liquid that you put on a surface to make it a particular color: a can of blue paint Careful, the paint is still wet. This room needs a fresh coat of paint.2[singular] the layer of dried paint on a surface: The paint was starting to peel off.3[uncountable] old-fashioned → see makeup4paints [plural] eng. lang. arts a set of small tubes or dry blocks of paint, used for painting pictures noun | verb paintpaint2 ●●● S2 W2 verb ETYMOLOGYpaint2Origin: 1100-1200 Old French peint, past participle of peindre to paint, from Latin pingere VERB TABLEpaint |
Present | I, you, we, they | paint | | he, she, it | paints | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | painted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have painted | | he, she, it | has painted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had painted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will paint | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have painted |
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Present | I | am painting | | he, she, it | is painting | | you, we, they | are painting | Past | I, he, she, it | was painting | | you, we, they | were painting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been painting | | he, she, it | has been painting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been painting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be painting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been painting |
► paint something red/green/blue etc. Sarah painted the table blue. ► paint in oils/watercolors/acrylic etc. (=paint using a particular kind of paint) ► paint a ... flattering portrait She doesn’t paint a very flattering portrait of her first husband. ► paint a grim/rosy/gloomy etc. picture of something Officials paint a bleak picture of the country’s economy. 1 [intransitive, transitive] to put paint on a surface: We really need to paint the bedroom. Don’t wear that shirt when you’re painting.paint something red/green/blue etc. Sarah painted the table blue.paint something in something The trucks were painted in bright colors.2a)[intransitive, transitive] to make a picture, design, etc. using paint: My neighbor painted that picture.paint in oils/watercolors/acrylic etc. (=paint using a particular kind of paint) b)[transitive] to make a picture of someone or something using paint: an artist who painted my brother3paint somebody/something as something to describe someone or something in a particular way: Her lawyers paint her as an innocent victim.4paint a picture of somebody/something (also paint a portrait of somebody/something) to describe someone or something in a particular way: She doesn’t paint a very flattering portrait of her first husband.paint a grim/rosy/gloomy etc. picture of something Officials paint a bleak picture of the country’s economy.5[transitive] to put a colored substance on part of your face or body to make it more attractive: She painted her nails red.6paint yourself into a corner to put yourself in a difficult situation in which you do not have any good choices about what to do next7paint the town (red) informal to go out to bars, clubs, etc. to enjoy yourself or celebrate something [Origin: 1100–1200 Old French peint, past participle of peindre to paint, from Latin pingere] → see also paint somebody/something with a broad brush at broad1 (8)paint something ↔ in phrasal verb to fill a space in a picture or add more to it using paintpaint something ↔ out phrasal verb to remove a design, figure, etc. from a picture or surface by covering it with more paintpaint something ↔ over phrasal verb to cover a picture or surface with new paint: Don’t just paint over grease and dirt. |