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# paint

noun (paint, paints); verb (paint, paints, painted, painting)

«paint» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Paint is a coloured liquid you put on things to colour them or protect them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#m1)
2. To paint is to put paint on something, like a wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#m2)
3. To paint is also to make a picture with paint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#m3)
4. «Paints» are a set of colours for art. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths: paint measured in cans or litres; walls, fences or pictures painted per hour; area covered per can. In art class: paints, brushes, mixing colours. In science: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange; paint dries as the water evaporates. In everyday life: «wet paint» signs.

### Examples

- One can of paint covers 10 square meters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#x1)
- She paints 3 pictures a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#x2)
- He needs 4 cans of paint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#x3)
- How long will it take to paint 12 fences? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#x4)
- Mix blue and yellow paint to make green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#x5)
- Careful, wet paint! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#x6)
- We painted a picture of the sea in art class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#x7)
- My box of paints has twelve colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#x8)
- Oh, if he could only draw and paint! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/#x9)

### Note

Paint per area or pictures per day give rates. Trap: the number of cans may need rounding up. Paint (the liquid) is usually uncountable: «some paint», but «paints» for a set. Safety: open a window when using strong paint; do not eat paint.

## In Jewish tradition

Jeremiah and Ezekiel use painted eyes as signs of a faithless people who try to charm others instead of trusting God.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as a picture of Israel seeking foreign allies, who would not save her.

### Examples

- And thou, that art spoiled, what doest thou, that thou clothest thyself with scarlet, that thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, that thou enlargest thine eyes with paint? (Prophets JER.4.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paint/#x1)
- And furthermore ye have sent for men that come from far; unto whom a messenger was sent, and, lo, they came; for whom thou didst wash thyself, paint thine eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments; (Prophets EZK.23.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paint/#x2)

### Note

Paint per area or pictures per day give rates. Trap: the number of cans may need rounding up. Paint (the liquid) is usually uncountable: «some paint», but «paints» for a set. Safety: open a window when using strong paint; do not eat paint.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «paint» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paint/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paint» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/paint.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «paint» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paint/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paint» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/paint.html) on Mova free.