A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

(transitive) To apply paint to. / (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied. / (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.

(basketball, colloquial) Points scored from within the free-throw line.

present participle of paint

(countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint. / (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface. / (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.

A thin brush for applying paint.

An artist who paints pictures. / A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.

(obsolete) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.

(Southern US) A mountain lion.

A paint in which the colours or pigments are suspended in an oil-based carrier such as linseed oil which hardens on exposure to the air.