paint
make a painting
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,981 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,482 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- make a painting he painted all day in the gardenHe painted a painting of the garden
- apply paint to; coat with paint We painted the rooms yellow
- make a painting of He painted his mistress many times
- apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
noun
- a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating also: pigment artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court also: key he hit a jump shot from the top of the keyhe dominates play in the paint
- makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks also: rouge, blusher
paint in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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No words can paint the fury of her captor at her disappearance.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Seven foot and three men at each end wouldn't brish the paint.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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Beyond the packing boxes the heavy one worked with brush and paint marking some barrels.
The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 1
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It is not merely that I paint from him, draw from him, sketch from him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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And, oh yes, he had to paint the word "Scud" in blue letters, right near the star.
Half-Past Seven Stories · Robert Gordon Anderson · Chapter 1