paintable

paint  (pnt)

n.

1.

a. A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.

b. The thin dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface.

c. The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle.

2. A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.

3. See pinto.

v. paint·ed, paint·ing, paints

v.tr.

1. To make (a picture) with paints.

2.

a. To represent in a picture with paints.

b. To depict vividly in words.

3. To coat or decorate with paint: paint a house.

4. To apply cosmetics to.

5. To apply medicine to; swab: paint a wound.

6. To shine a laser beam on, especially in order to designate a target for laser-guided munitions.

v.intr.

1. To practice the art of painting pictures.

2. To cover something with paint.

3. To apply cosmetics to oneself: "Let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come" (Shakespeare).

4. To serve as a surface to be coated with paint: These nonporous surfaces paint badly with a brush.

Idiom:

paint the town red Slang

To go on a spree.

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[From Middle English painten, to paint, from Old French peintier, from peint, past participle of peindre, from Latin pingere; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]

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painta·bili·ty n.

painta·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

paintable - lending itself to being painted; "a highly paintable landscape"; "made of sturdy eminently paintable wood" unpaintable - not paintable especially not suitable for artistic representation on canvas; "the inexpressible, unpaintable `tick' in the unconscious"