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Paint

noun

1.

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. Synonym: pigment.

2.

(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. Synonym: key. "He dominates play in the paint"

3.

Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks. Synonyms: blusher, rouge.

verb

(past & past part. painted; pres. part. painting)

1.

Make a painting. "He painted a painting of the garden"

2.

Apply paint to; coat with paint.

3.

Make a painting of.

4.

Apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil.

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— The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico • Frank Gee Patchin

... transient and worthless. It is only the divine certitudes, which can exist under any external circumstances, that are of much account in our estimate of human happiness, and it is these which ordinarily escape the attention of historians when they paint the condition of society. Our admiration and our pity are alike wasted when we turn our eyes to the outward condition of our rural ancestors, so long as we have reason to believe that their souls were jubilant ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume XI • John Lord

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