
Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)paint, pigmenta substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating“artists use ‘paint’ and ‘pigment’ interchangeably” (n)key, paint(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court“he hit a jump shot from the top of the key”,
“he dominates play in the paint” Verbs
(v)paintmake a painting“he painted all day in the garden”,
“He painted a painting of the garden” (v)paintapply paint to; coat with paint“We painted the rooms yellow” (v)paintmake a painting of“He painted his mistress many times” (v)paintapply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil