Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - paint
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n. & v. --n. 1 a colouring matter, esp. in liquid form for imparting colour to a surface. b this as a dried film or coating (the paint peeled off). 2 joc. or archaic cosmetic make-up, esp. rouge or nail varnish. --v.tr. 1 a cover the surface of (a wall, object, etc.) with paint. b apply paint of a specified colour to (paint the door green). 2 depict (an object, scene, etc.) with paint; produce (a picture) by painting. 3 describe vividly as if by painting (painted a gloomy picture of the future). 4 joc. or archaic a apply liquid or cosmetic to (the face, skin, etc.). b apply (a liquid to the skin etc.). Phrases and idioms painted lady an orange-red butterfly, esp. Cynthia cardui, with black and white spots. paint out efface with paint. paint shop the part of a factory where goods are painted, esp. by spraying. paint-stick a stick of water-soluble paint used like a crayon. paint the town red colloq. enjoy oneself flamboyantly. Derivatives paintable adj. Etymology: ME f. peint past part. of OF peindre f. L pingere pict- paint PAINTBOX n. a box holding dry paints for painting pictures.
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~, peint, past participle of peindre, from Latin pingere to tattoo, embroider, ~; akin to Old English fāh variegated, Greek poikilos variegated, pikros sharp, bitter Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to apply color, pigment, or ~ to, to color with a cosmetic, b. to apply with a movement resembling that used in ~ing, to treat with a liquid by brushing or swabbing , 2. a. to produce in lines and colors on a surface by applying pigments, to depict by such lines and colors, to decorate, adorn, or variegate by applying lines and colors, to produce or evoke as if by ~ing , to touch up or cover over by or as if by ~ing, to depict as having specified or implied characteristics , intransitive verb to practice the art of ~ing, to use cosmetics, II. noun Date: 1602 the action of ~ing ; something produced by ~ing, makeup, 3. a. a mixture of a pigment and a suitable liquid to form a closely adherent coating when spread on a surface in a thin coat, the pigment used in this mixture especially when in the form of a cake , an applied coating of ~, a powerful muscular pinto having quarter horse or Thoroughbred ancestry, free throw lane, computer-generated color design ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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