Meaning

11 senses
  1. (transitive)To apply paint to.

    I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.

    bemalen, anmalen, streichen

    кра́ситьkrásitʹ

    фарбува́тиfarbuváty

    apply paint to; coat with paint

  2. (transitive)To apply in the manner that paint is applied.

    streichen

    apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

  3. (transitive)To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.

    pinseln

  4. (transitive)To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

  5. (transitive)To create (an image) with paints.

    to paint a portrait or a landscape

    malen

    малюва́тиmaljuváty

  6. (intransitive)To practise the art of painting pictures.

    I've been painting since I was a young child.

    malen

    рисова́тьrisovátʹ, писа́тьpisátʹ

    малюва́тиmaljuváty, вимальо́вуватиvymalʹóvuvaty, розпи́суватиrozpýsuvaty

    make a painting of

  7. (transitive)To draw an element in a graphical user interface.

  8. (figuratively, transitive)To depict or portray.

    She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.

  9. (intransitive)To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

  10. (slang, transitive)To detect (something) with radar.

    "We'll paint the target for the flyboys," the JTAC said.

  11. (slang, transitive)To defecate or soil with faeces during anal sex.

Examples

2447 sentences
  1. The room will be painted tomorrow.

    Кімнату завтра пофарбують.

    ruКомнату завтра покрасят.

    deDas Zimmer wird morgen angestrichen.

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  2. These pictures were painted by him.

    Ці картини намалював він.

    ruЭти картины были написаны им.

    deDiese Bilder wurden von ihm gemalt.

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  3. I made him paint the house.

    Я заставив його пофарбувати будинок.

    ruЯ заставил его покрасить дом.

    deIch habe ihn das Haus streichen lassen.

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  4. They painted their house bright yellow.

    Вони пофарбували свій будинок у яскраво-жовтий колір.

    deSie strichen ihr Haus hellgelb.

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  5. This is the picture Tom painted.

    Ось картина, яку намалював Том.

    ruЭто картина, которую нарисовал Том.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to apply paint to:
to create an image:
to practise the art of painting pictures:
Русский
By meaning 2
to apply paint to:
to practise the art of painting pictures:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to apply paint to:
medicine: to apply with a brush in order to treat some body part:

Origin

From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the pa

From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin pingō (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English tēafor (“paint”), *tīefran (“to paint”); and Old English mētan (“to paint”) and mǣlan (“to paint, mark with colour”).

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Forms

paints, painting, painted, painted
Base formpaint · to paint
3rd person singularpaints
Present participlepainting
Past simplepainted
Past participlepainted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypaint
he, she, itpaints

Past simpleLesson

all personspainted

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill paint

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

16 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • paint the fence
  • paint the ceiling
  • painted this picture
  • paint my house
  • painted the walls
  • paint our house
  • who painted this
  • one who painted
  • paint his house
  • painted a picture
  • painted that picture
  • painted the house

See also

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