paint

English

/peɪnt/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.
  • (basketball) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
  • (uncountable) Paintballs.
  • (poker) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
  • (computing) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
  • Makeup.
  • (dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French peintier derived from Latin pingō (paint, I paint).

Origin

Latin

pingō

Gloss

paint, I paint

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

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