paint
- noun
- /peɪnt/
- Informal
- Hausa girls adorned with face paint, among the most ephemeral of body art forms.
- face paint
- red face paint
- war paint
So and then they sent the cloud paint cheek color.
- So and then they sent the cloud paint cheek color.
Examples
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For the Halloween contest, he decided to use bright face paint to transform into a pirate.
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Believe me, I look better without the war paint.
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Yes, you have paint all over your face and also on your body.
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All right, let's put on our war paint.
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I personally love Mac paint pots to prime the eyes.
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He had paint all over his face.
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I eye Julianna and think she could use a little paint on her face.
Fiction book (1993) -
I have the storm cloud paint from Glossier.
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So I'm going to go with my Maron Red face paint, just right below the nose.
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She applied paint to her cheeks to add a rosy glow before the party.
Synonyms
Products you put on your face to change how you look
A pink or red makeup used on the cheeks to make them look healthy
Makeup in red or pink for the cheeks
Makeup for the cheeks that adds pink or red color
Makeup people put on to feel more confident before going out
A makeup product you put on the face to add color to cheeks or lips
Idioms
- Informal
Put yourself in a difficult situation with no easy way out
- Informal
Describe people or things in very general ways that ignore important details
- Informal
To not recognize someone at all because you have never met them
Compounds
- Specialized
A water-based paint that uses latex to make color stay on walls and furniture
- Specialized
A water-based paint made from milk protein and used for painting pictures and decorations
- Specialized
Paint applied to a boat's hull to stop barnacles and algae from growing
- US
A European plant that lives for one year with small green flowers and bright red berries
- US
A North American plant that lives for many years with grey hairy leaves and a red or yellow dye
- Specialized
A water-based paint that stays flexible, lasts a long time and resists moisture
A simple painting kit with numbered areas to fill with set colors, or a predictable way of doing something
A fixed, simple way of doing creative work that leaves little room for new ideas
How Visible
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Paint for cheek color comes from the old Latin verb pingere, which means 'to color' or 'to paint'. People long ago used colored powders or liquids on their faces, so 'paint' came to mean makeup.