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What is the verb for paint?

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paint
  1. (transitive) To apply paint to.
  2. (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
  3. (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
  4. (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
  5. (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
  6. (computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
  7. (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
  8. (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
  9. (transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.
  10. Synonyms:
      11. stain, color, tinge, colour, tint, tincture, pigment, shade, bepaint, wash, spray, coat, dye, gloss, cover, distemper, airbrush, whitewash, roller, brush, undercoat, touch up, spray-paint, gloss over, slap on, apply paint to, put on coats, flush, colour-wash, conceal, blend, mask, doctor, highlight, blush, crimson, glow, impregnate, bloom, spraypaint, burn, streak, complexion, suffuse, rouge, emblazon, pinken, redden, cover up, blend in … more
  11. Examples:
      12. “In some prisons and jails, officials sometimes paint the walls a shade of pink known as BakerMiller Pink.”
      “I shall paint it with blood, and, in this world, there will be blood, and all kinds of creatures will be born with blood.”
      “The Impressionists insisted they wanted to paint directly what they saw in nature.”
painted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of paint
  2. Synonyms:
      3. stained, colored, tinged, coloured, tinted, tinctured, pigmented, shaded, bepainted, washed, sprayed, coated, dyed, glossed, covered, distempered, airbrushed, whitewashed, brushed, undercoated, touched up, glossed over, slapped on, applied paint to, put on coats, flushed, highlighted, blushed, crimsoned, glowed, impregnated, bloomed, burnt, burned, streaked, suffused, rouged, emblazoned, pinkened, reddened, imbued, glazed, toned, infused, lacquered, varnished, daubed, frescoed, enamelled, adorned … more
painting
  1. present participle of paint
  2. Synonyms:
      3. staining, coloring, tinging, tingeing, colouring, tinting, tincturing, pigmenting, shading, bepainting, washing, spraying, coating, dyeing, dying, glossing, covering, distempering, airbrushing, whitewashing, brushing, undercoating, touching up, glossing over, slapping on, applying paint to, putting on coats, flushing, blending, concealing, doctoring, masking, highlighting, blushing, crimsoning, glowing, impregnating, blooming, spraypainting, burning, streaking, suffusing, rouging, emblazoning, pinkening, reddening, covering up, blending in, varnishing, tainting … more
paints
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paint
  2. Synonyms:
      3. stains, colors, tinges, colours, tints, tinctures, pigments, shades, bepaints, washes, sprays, coats, dyes, glosses, covers, distempers, airbrushes, whitewashes, brushes, undercoats, touches up, glosses over, slaps on, applies paint to, puts on coats, flushes, blends, masks, doctors, conceals, highlights, blushes, crimsons, glows, impregnates, blooms, spraypaints, burns, streaks, suffuses, rouges, emblazons, pinkens, reddens, covers up, blends in, varnishes, taints, changes the color of, reddles … more
painteth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paint
paintest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of paint
paintedst
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of paint
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