paint

paint is on the Basic English 850 List.

pain - paint - paper

paint is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

page - paint - pair

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /peɪnt/

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Noun

Singular paint

Plural paints

1. Paint is a liquid used to colour something

   There were all sorts of paints at the shop – green, red, and blue.

   Sarah used pink paint to decorate the wall.

Verb

Plain form paint

Third-person singular paints

Past tense painted

Past participle painted

Present participle painting

1. to use paint to colour something

   John painted the wall brown.

2. to use paint to make a picture.

   The child painted a picture of a flower.

Related words

• painter
• artist