paint

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No matter what a paint-can label claims, getting away with a single coat depends on how the paint is applied.

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  1. noun A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.
  2. noun The thin dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface.
  3. noun The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle.
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  • The lead in the paint was affecting her, so she sniffed. —  Two For The Lions
  • West's defense in the paint is actually pretty solid. —  Hornets247.com Blog
  • No matter what a paint-can label claims, getting away with a single coat depends on how the paint is applied. —  Berks county news
  • "This paint is a colour that birds can see but humans can't," he said Wednesday on CBC Radio's All in a Day. —  Word Around the Net
  • March 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests painted road markings such as lines separating lanes of traffic reflect headlights better in the direction the paint was applied. —  Latest News - UPI.com
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painting ·  picture ·  color ·  clothe ·  furniture ·  material ·  art ·  metal ·  paper ·  print ·  cloth ·  design

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paint:   painting ·  paints ·  painted

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  1. From Middle English painten, to paint, from Old French peintier, from peint, past participle of peindre, from Latin pingere; see peig- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also paynt, peinct; from Middle English paynten, peinten, peyntyn, poynten, from Old French *peinter, paincter (= Spanish Portuguese pintar), freq. of paindre, poindre, French peindre (past participle peint, paint, point, French peint) = Italian pignere, pingere, from Latin pingere, paint: see picture.
  2. from paint, v.
 

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