PAINTS
Noun
paints
plural of paint
Verb
paints
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paint
Anagrams
• Atnips, inpats, nips at, patins, pintas, ptisan, tap ins, tap-ins, taps in
Noun
Paints
plural of Paint
Anagrams
• Atnips, inpats, nips at, patins, pintas, ptisan, tap ins, tap-ins, taps in
Source: Wiktionary
PAINT
Paint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Painted; p. pr. & vb. n. Painting.] Etym:
[OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. opeindre to paint, fr. L. pingere,
pictum; cf. Gr. many-colored, Skr. pic to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture,
Pigment, Pint.]
1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a
house, a signboard, etc.
Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30.
2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors;
to diversify with colors.
Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. Shak.
Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. Shak.
3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as
upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a
tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a
landscape.
4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to
delineate; to image; to depict.
Disloyal The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. Shak.
If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Pope.
Syn.
– To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw;
describe.
Paint, v. t.
1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
Let her paint an inch thick. Shak.
Paint, n.
1.
(a) A pigment or coloring substance.
(b) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the
like, for application to a surface.
2. A cosmetic; rouge. Praed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition