Topic: HAIR AND BEAUTY
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| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | peint, past participle of peindre 'to paint', from Latin pingere |
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paint2 S2 W3
1 [intransitive and transitive]DHTB to put paint on a surface : 
The ceiling needs painting.
The ceiling needs painting. paint something (in) blue/red/green etc We painted the door blue. Paint the walls in a contrasting colour. The living room was painted in pastel shades of pink and blue.
We painted the door blue.Paint the walls in a contrasting colour.The living room was painted in pastel shades of pink and blue.2 [intransitive and transitive] to make a picture, design etc using paint : A white cross was painted on the door. Turner is famous for painting landscapes.
A white cross was painted on the door.Turner is famous for painting landscapes. paint in oils/watercolours etc (=paint using a particular type of paint) He paints mainly in acrylics.
He paints mainly in acrylics.3 [transitive]DCB to put a coloured substance on part of your face or body to make it different or more attractive : The children's faces were painted to look like animals. She'd painted her toenails with red nail polish.
The children's faces were painted to look like animals.She'd painted her toenails with red nail polish.4 [transitive] to describe someone or something in a particular way
paint a grim/rosy/gloomy picture of somebody/something Dickens painted a grim picture of Victorian life.
Dickens painted a grim picture of Victorian life.➔ not be as black as you are painted
at black1 (10)paint something ↔ out
phrasal verbThe name of the firm had been partially painted out.paint over something
phrasal verbAVP to cover a picture or surface with new paint : Much of the original decoration was painted over.
Much of the original decoration was painted over.