Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To obliterate by painting over.

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To describe, possibly so as to misrepresent.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The lack of harmony between colors makes this painting stand out.

    deDieses Bild sticht durch seine sich beißenden Farben hervor. — Zaghawa

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  2. The painting turned out to be a Turner.

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  3. Scrooge never painted out Old Marley's name. There it stood, years afterwards, above the warehouse door: Scrooge and Marley.

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Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personspainted out

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill paint out

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
painstakingC2painstakinglyC2paintA1paintbrushB2painterA2paintingA1pairA1
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