paintpaint2 ●●● verb [intransitive, transitive] 
1
to put paint on a surface: 
How much will it cost to paint the house? The door had been painted blue. The freshly painted (=recently painted) walls were light green.2eng. lang. arts to make a picture of someone or something using paint: He painted a portrait of Allen’s wife.3paint a picture/portrait of something to describe something in a particular way: The report paints a grim picture of family life.
1 to put paint on a surface: How much will it cost to paint the house? The door had been painted blue. The freshly painted (=recently painted) walls were light green.2eng. lang. arts to make a picture of someone or something using paint: He painted a portrait of Allen’s wife.3paint a picture/portrait of something to describe something in a particular way: The report paints a grim picture of family life.
