Definition of "paint"

René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.

2007, Jesse Guthrie, Catherine's Addiction, page 116

Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess.

2013 December 12, “JV Dogs suffer first loss, 47-41”, in Martinez (California) News-Gazette

Isaiah Thomas is very clever, very crafty getting to the paint and finishing in the paint.

2016 April 20, “Hawks not giving Celtics anything in the paint”, in Comcast SportsNet New England

In Game 3, they re-focused on protecting the paint and transition defense. The Cavs scored 106 points in the paint in the first two games and just 20 in Game 3.

2016 May 22, “Renewed defensive strategy has Raptors alive in conference finals”, in USA TODAY

It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.

1993, Emil Ihrig, CorelDRAW! 4 made easy

Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.

1998, Kit Laybourne, The animation book: a complete guide to animated filmmaking

If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.

2001, Maureen Sprankle, Problem Solving for Information Processing

They were as plain and homely as a table-top dancer when the rains had wiped the paint and powder from her face.

2012, Caleb Pirtle, Shelly Marshall, Other Voices, Other Towns: The Traveler's Story

Smaller target paints would also be preferred to those displayed on the existing DFTI.

1973, International Conference on Radar--Present and Future, 23-25 October, 1973, page 203

The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter I, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus

not painted with the crimson spots of blood

c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene ii]

Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.

c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted.

1991, Ernest R Tello, Object-oriented Programming for Windows

Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.

1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]

VVhether the Charmer ſinner it, or ſaint it, / VVhen Folly grovvs romantic, vve muſt paint it.

1735, Alexander Pope, “Epistle 2”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], page 62, lines 15–16

During defense openings, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer painted him as a “nerd” who tried to do the right thing but was overwhelmed with a fast-growing company.

2023 October 5, Victoria Bekiempis, “FTX co-founder testifies he committed crimes with Sam Bankman-Fried”, in The Guardian‎

Let her paint an inch thick.

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene i]

The Albuquerque radar “painted” just one object whenever the light was on, none when it was off.

2023, J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience: Evidence Behind Close Encounters, Project Blue Book, and the Search for Answers, Red Wheel/Weiser, page 73