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paint
English
Etymology
From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin ping? (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English t?afor (“paint”) and *t?efran (“to paint”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe?nt/
- Rhymes: -e?nt
Noun
paint (countable and uncountable, plural paints)
- A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.
- (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
- I am running low on paint for my marker.
- (poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
- (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- (uncountable) Makeup.
- (uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.
- Synonym: ink
- (dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
- The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
- 1973, International Conference on Radar--Present and Future, 23-25 October, 1973 (page 203)
- Smaller target paints would also be preferred to those displayed on the existing DFTI.
- 1973, International Conference on Radar--Present and Future, 23-25 October, 1973 (page 203)
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References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
Verb
paint (third-person singular simple present paints, present participle painting, simple past and past participle painted)
- (transitive) To apply paint to.
- (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- c. 1590s, William Shakespeare, Spring (poem)
- Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.
- c. 1590s, William Shakespeare, Spring (poem)
- (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
- to paint a portrait or a landscape
- (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
- I've been painting since I was a young child.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
- (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
- (transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.
Derived terms
Related terms
- picture
Translations
Further reading
- paint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- paint in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- paint at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Atnip, NAITP, inapt, inpat, nip at, patin, pinta, tap in, tap-in
Catalan
Verb
paint
- present participle of pair
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wash
English
Etymology
From Middle English washen, waschen, weschen, from Old English wascan, from Proto-Germanic *waskan?, *watskan? (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet; water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”), Icelandic vaska (“to wash”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /w??/, /w??/
- (Canada, NYC, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /w??/
- (US, intrusive r) IPA(key): /w???/
- Rhymes: -??
- Rhymes: -??(?)?
Verb
wash (third-person singular simple present washes, present participle washing, simple past and past participle washed)
- To clean with water.
- 1917, Lester Angell Round, Harold Locke Lang, Preservation of vegetables by fermentation and salting, page 9
- Wash the vegetables, drain off the surplus water, and pack them in a keg, crock, or other utensil until it is nearly full
- 1971, Homemaking Handbook: For Village Workers in Many Countries, page 101
- If using celery or okra, wash the vegetables in safe water.
- 2010, Catherine Abbott, The Everything Grow Your Own Vegetables Book: Your Complete Guide to planting, tending, and harvesting vegetables, Everything Books ?ISBN, page 215
- Wash the vegetables thoroughly; even a little dirt can contain bacteria. Wash vegetables individually under running water.
- 1917, Lester Angell Round, Harold Locke Lang, Preservation of vegetables by fermentation and salting, page 9
- (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
- (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
- (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- [the landscape] washed with a cold, grey mist
- (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever
- The king is running out of ideas as well as cash. His favourite shock-absorbing tactic—to blame his governments and sack his prime ministers—hardly washes.
- 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever
- (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
- (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
- To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
- (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
Usage notes
In older works and possibly still in some dialects, wesh and woosh may be found as past tense forms. Washen may be found as a past participle.
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Noun
wash (plural washes)
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- A liquid used for washing.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
- […] the wind in the cordage and the wash of the sea helped the more to put them beyond earshot […]
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
- The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
- 2003, Guidelines for Managing Wake Wash from High-speed Vessels: Report of Working Group 41 of the Maritime Navigation Commission, PIANC ?ISBN, page 5
- To date, much of the research undertaken on high-speed vessel wake wash has appeared only as unpublished reports for various authorities and management agencies.
- 2003, Guidelines for Managing Wake Wash from High-speed Vessels: Report of Working Group 41 of the Maritime Navigation Commission, PIANC ?ISBN, page 5
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
- (nautical) The blade of an oar.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, […] where rain water hath a long time settled.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- A shallow body of water.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature
- In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”)
- 1999, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
- ...though the wash may carry surface water for only a few hours a year.
- 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature
- A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
- (finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
- In order to augment the vinosity of the wash, many substances are recommended by Dr. Shaw, such as tartar, nitre, common salt, and the vegetable or mineral acids.
- 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- (television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- (stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
Synonyms
- lavatory
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Anagrams
- Haws, Shaw, Wahs, haws, shaw, shwa, wahs
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