Paint black
Represent someone or something as evil or harmful. This idiom is most often used in a negative context, as in He’s not so black as he’s been painted. [ Late 1500s ]
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- Paint-bridge
noun 1. See under 1 (def 16a). [brij] /brɪdʒ/ noun 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or phase between two adjacent elements, activities, conditions, or the like: Working at the hospital was a bridge between medical school and private […]
- Paintbrush
[peynt-bruhsh] /ˈpeɪntˌbrʌʃ/ noun 1. a for applying , as one used in houses or one used in pictures. 2. any plant of the genus Castilleja. /ˈpeɪntˌbrʌʃ/ noun 1. a brush used to apply paint graphics, tool A Microsoft Windows tool for creating bitmap graphics. (1996-08-26)
- Paint-by-number
adjective pertaining to a picture delimited and numbered for painting in sections
- Paint chip
noun a piece of paint that has come loose from a surface Examples Save hundreds by fixing your own paint chips and deep scratches just like the professionals. Word Origin 1891
- Painted
[peyn-tid] /ˈpeɪn tɪd/ adjective 1. reproduced or represented in : a painted image. 2. covered with a coating of : a painted chair. 3. unreal; artificial; feigned: a painted life. 4. exaggerated or misrepresented: a luridly painted version of what really happened. 5. covered with makeup, especially to excess. 6. brightly colored or multicolored (used […]