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Meaning of paint a picture

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

paint

Pronunciation:/peɪnt/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

  3. The free-throw lane, construed with the.

    Example: The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.

  4. Paintballs.

    Example: I am running low on paint for my marker.

verb

Definitions

  1. To apply paint to.

  2. To apply in the manner that paint is applied.

  3. To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

  4. To create (an image) with paints.

    Example: to paint a portrait or a landscape