Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To remove paint from.

    aircraft depainting technology

  2. (archaic, transitive)To depict.

  3. (archaic, transitive)To depict in words; to describe graphically.

  4. (archaic, transitive)To colour; to decorate with colours.

  5. (archaic, transitive)To stain; to distain.

Origin

From de- + paint.

From de- + paint.

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Forms

depaints, depainting, depainted, depainted
Base formdepaint · to depaint
3rd person singulardepaints
Present participledepainting
Past simpledepainted
Past participledepainted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydepaint
he, she, itdepaints

Past simpleLesson

all personsdepainted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave depainted
he, she, ithas depainted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill depaint

Synonyms

3 synonyms
paintA1portrayC1delineate

Antonyms

1 antonyms
remove paint:paintA1

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddepainter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
denunciationC2denyB1deodorantdepartB1departmentB1departmental
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