Words · Very common
paint
/peɪnt/ · 5 letters · 5 distinct letters
- verb
make a painting
he painted all day in the garden
- verb
apply paint to; coat with paint
We painted the rooms yellow
- verb
make a painting of
He painted his mistress many times
- 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
artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably
- noun
(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
he hit a jump shot from the top of the key