Category: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 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 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.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Paint - Jezebel "painted her face" (2 Kings 9:30); and the practice of painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common (Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the name of Job's daughter (Job 42:14) Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews.