1. [n]  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
2. [n]  makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
3. [v]  apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow"
4. [v]  apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
5. [v]  make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times"
6. [v]  make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"

1. \Paint\ (p[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Painted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Painting}.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of
   peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los
   many-colored, Skr. pi[,c] to adorn. Cf. {Depict}, {Picture},
   {Pigment}, {Pint}.]
   1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to
      paint a house, a signboard, etc.
   
            Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2
                                                  Kings ix. 30.
   
   2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with
      colors; to diversify with colors.
   
            Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak.
   
            Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with
            delight.                              --Shak.
   
   3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat
      surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors
      or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with
      paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
   
   4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe
      vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
   
            Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her
            wickedness.                           --Shak.
   
            If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope.
   
   Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch;
        draw; describe.
   
   

2. \Paint\, v. t.
   1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints
      well.
   
   2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
   
            Let her paint an inch thick.          --Shak.
   
   

3. \Paint\, n.
   1.
      (a) A pigment or coloring substance.
      (b) The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with
          gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
   
   2. A cosmetic; rouge. --Praed.
   
   

Jezebel "painted her face" (2 Kings 9:30); and the practice of painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common (Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the name of Job's daughter (42:14) Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews.