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Meanings of paint in English

Portuguese
blush
Catalan
coloret

Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks.

        blush
        Portuguese
        tinta
        Catalan
        pintura
        Spanish
        pintura

        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.

              tinta

              (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.

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                    Usage of paint in English
                    1
                    With new paint, wallpaper, and furniture, the house would look entirely different.
                    Tough customer: a novel
                    2
                    The table's simple New England look is available in 20 paint finishes.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    The poisoning hazards include deteriorating lead paint, tainted soil and contaminated water.
                    Reuters
                    4
                    Grey paint covers 37 per cent of all cars sold in Ireland.
                    The Irish Times
                    5
                    The latest crime stats for South Africa paint a pretty grim picture.
                    The South African
                    6
                    There was no room in the flat in which she could paint.
                    Celibates
                    7
                    It needs a bit of work, a bit of paint and landscaping.
                    News.com.au
                    8
                    But senior officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, paint a different picture.
                    Reuters
                    9
                    The boys said he had worn the paint off that particular place.
                    Chronicles of Avonlea
                    10
                    There had been no hesitation in the laying on of the paint.
                    The Way We Live Now
                    11
                    The boys can give it a coat of paint, in the morning.
                    Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...
                    12
                    The panels were hung with plain paper in harmony with the paint.
                    The Commission in Lunacy
                    13
                    They believe the two sentences paint Japan in an unfairly negative light.
                    The South African
                    14
                    What could be more natural than to ask Calder to paint it?
                    The Irish Times
                    15
                    You might as well try to paint a house that's on fire.
                    Choke
                    16
                    The words seemed to paint, in the narrow room, the dim Gap.
                    The Shield of Silence
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                    Translations for paint
                    Spanish
                    pintura
                    Paint through the time
                    Paint across language varieties
                    Canada
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    Australia
                    Common
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