paint
- 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.
- (plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
- (poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
- (computing) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- Makeup.
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- Examples:
dye, tint, stain, pigment, colorant, colourant, colour, coloring, colouring, color, wash, chroma, emulsion, tempera, shade, tinge, tincture, dyestuff, coloration, colouring agent, varnish, colour wash, colouring matter, coloring matter, rinse, colourwash, peroxide, bleach, henna, tone, complexion, hue, blush, saturation, cast, flush, hair dye, blee, undertone, bloom, pigmentation, iridescence, chromaticity, tinct, chromatism, colourway, chromism, glow, colorway, natural coloring … more
“Jake drew the hats and scarves in pencil for Jenny to fill in with bright-colored paint.”
“Sometimes it is necessary to remove the thick layer of paint from the spindle by means of a spatula.”
“Nathan wrapped a red scarf around his head and painted his face with war paint.”
painting
- (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
- (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.
- (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.
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- Examples:
picture, portrait, drawing, sketch, illustration, representation, image, likeness, portrayal, portraiture, depiction, canvas, delineation, artwork, art, cartoon, oil, composition, design, canvass, mural, watercolor, landscape, watercolour, acrylics, oils, cityscape, fresco, seascape, watercolours, watercolors, oil painting, art work, work of art, still life, fine art, abstract design, water color, figure, rendering, diagram, vignette, icon, sculpture, effigy, ikon, study, simulacrum, piece, doodle … more
“I accompanied him to the back office in Waterloo Place where hung a painting of a person.”
“It is further stated in said memorandum that the painting of the walls was done to only one basem*nt room.”
painter
- (obsolete) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use. [14th-17th c.]
- (nautical) A rope connected to the bow of a boat, used to attach it to e.g. a jetty or another boat. [from 17th c.]
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- Examples:
artist, illustrator, portraitist, artisan, drawer, landscapist, watercolorist, animator, cartoonist, sketcher, craftsman, dauber, miniaturist, portrait painter, paint-slinger, craftsperson, sculptor, handicrafter, fine artist, satirist, humorist, caricaturist, comic book artist, comics artist, comic artist, stainer, decorator, calciminer, tradesman, tradesperson, house painter, interior decorator, professional painter … more
“Following his second one-man show in Paris in 1883, Monet began to be acknowledged as the foremost landscape painter of his day.”
“She'd put up a sign in her window saying she wanted a carpenter to put up some shelves, a painter to paint the walls, and an electrician to run some wire for spotlights.”
“The layers of abstract colour in her current work recalls another German painter, Gerhard Richter.”
painter
- An artist who paints pictures.
- A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
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- Examples:
artist, illustrator, portraitist, artisan, drawer, landscapist, watercolorist, animator, cartoonist, sketcher, craftsman, dauber, miniaturist, portrait painter, paint-slinger, craftsperson, sculptor, handicrafter, fine artist, satirist, humorist, caricaturist, comic book artist, comics artist, comic artist, stainer, decorator, calciminer, tradesman, tradesperson, house painter, interior decorator, professional painter … more
“Following his second one-man show in Paris in 1883, Monet began to be acknowledged as the foremost landscape painter of his day.”
“She'd put up a sign in her window saying she wanted a carpenter to put up some shelves, a painter to paint the walls, and an electrician to run some wire for spotlights.”
“The layers of abstract colour in her current work recalls another German painter, Gerhard Richter.”
painture
paintover
painter
- (US) A mountain lion, by mispronunciation of "panther".
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- Examples:
artist, illustrator, portraitist, artisan, drawer, landscapist, watercolorist, animator, cartoonist, sketcher, craftsman, dauber, miniaturist, portrait painter, paint-slinger, craftsperson, sculptor, handicrafter, fine artist, satirist, humorist, caricaturist, comic book artist, comics artist, comic artist, stainer, decorator, calciminer, tradesman, tradesperson, house painter, interior decorator, professional painter … more
“Following his second one-man show in Paris in 1883, Monet began to be acknowledged as the foremost landscape painter of his day.”
“She'd put up a sign in her window saying she wanted a carpenter to put up some shelves, a painter to paint the walls, and an electrician to run some wire for spotlights.”
“The layers of abstract colour in her current work recalls another German painter, Gerhard Richter.”
paintathon
- An event where volunteers come together to paint.
paintstick
paintbox
- A box used to hold an artist's paints.
- Examples:
“Every one also has easels standing tall, accompanied by a weathered table speckled with paint and sporting a paintbox and palettes.”
“A paintbox in jewel-tones lay opened on the bedside table, and a collection of tiny brushes.”
“He started painting only four years ago, after spotting a paintbox in an art shop window in Scarborough.”
paintmaking
- The manufacture of paint.
painterliness
- The state or condition of being painterly.
- Examples:
“These are works that celebrate paint and painterliness, with abstract expressionist style.”
“We always seem to be digging through the layers of Taaffe's paintings for new meanings, here evidenced by a new looseness and painterliness.”
“Here, a restrained painterliness vies with a softened geometry and an intimation of space.”
paintbrush
- A thin brush for applying paint.
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“My left hand is in its usual high position on the shaft and my right hand holds the putter almost as if it were a paintbrush.”
“Various species of paintbrush, beardtongues, lousewort, owl's clover, Chinese houses, and plantain.”
“An ordinary paintbrush can create exotic, even outlandish designs with acrylic paint.”
paintership
- The state or position of being a painter.
paintability
paintress
paintiness
- Quality of being painty.
paintmaker
- someone who makes paint
painteress
- (archaic) A female painter.
painterships
- plural of paintership
paintmakers
- plural of paintmaker
paintsticks
- plural of paintstick
paintathons
- plural of paintathon
paintbrushes
- plural of paintbrush
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- Examples:
“Using thinned glue and old paintbrushes, students apply tissue to a piece of white oaktag and create the collage.”
“The colours on her paintbrushes merged into her cancan dress, giving it a tie-dye appearance.”
“We use spray or rollers to get the paint on the wall, but we finish it with paintbrushes.”
painteresses
- plural of painteress
paintovers
- plural of paintover
paintresses
- plural of paintress
paintings
- plural of painting
- Synonyms:
- Examples:
pictures, portraits, drawing, sketches, illustration, representation, images, likenesses, portrayals, portraiture, depictions, canvasses, delineations, artwork, art, cartoons, oil, composition, design, canvass, murals, watercolor, landscapes, watercolour, cityscapes, frescos, seascapes, oil painting, works of art, still lifes, fine arts, renderings, figures, vignettes, diagrams, icons, simulacrums, effigies, sculpture, ikons, photographs, study, pieces, doodles, statuettes, artists' impressions, busts, impressions, outlines, statues … more
“John Woodhouse did at least 72 of the 150 paintings for the imperial folio edition and 5 additional plates for the octavo edition.”
“The walls were decorated with black and white abstract art, photos and paintings.”
“Both the young artists were busy today walking visitors through their paintings and clarifying an occasional point or two.”
paintures
- plural of painture
paintboxes
- plural of paintbox
painters
- plural of painter
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“Such painters as Yamaguchi, Saito and Onosato embraced the ideas of post-war abstraction.”
“Like painters, metal workers, and quarrymen, a miner cannot eradicate the scars of his occupation.”
“This fallacy came about because of English painters during the Victorian era.”
paints
- plural of paint
- Synonyms:
dice, tints, stains, pigments, colorants, colourants, colours, colorings, colourings, colors, washes, chromas, emulsions, temperas, shades, tinges, tinctures, dyestuffs, colorations, varnishes, rinses, bleaches, peroxides, hennas, hues, tones, complexions, blushes, hair dyes, flushes, casts, saturations, undertones, blees, blooms, pigmentations, tincts, chromisms, glows, chromatism, chromaticities, iridescences, colorways, taints, streaks, highlights, luminosities, mixtures, textures, intensities … more
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