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Paint

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

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Narrower term 4

Acrylic 76% connected

Of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.

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Distemper 76% connected

To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

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Enamel 76% connected

A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inla…

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Encaustic 76% connected

Prepared by means of heat; burned in.

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Manner of action 10

Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Distemper 76% connected

To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

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Fresco 76% connected

A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.

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Grain 76% connected

See Groan.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Prime 76% connected

Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donna

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Repaint 76% connected

To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.

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Shade 76% connected

Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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Stipple 76% connected

To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.

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Undercoat 76% connected

A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.

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Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Coating 76% connected

of Coat

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Interpret 76% connected

To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applie…

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Make-up 76% connected

The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character.

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Represent 76% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Blush 74% connected

To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

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Blush 74% connected

To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

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Painter 74% connected

A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.

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Painter 74% connected

A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.

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Pigment 70% connected

Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an…

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Synonym 5

Blush 92% connected

To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

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Blusher 92% connected

One that blushes.

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Key 92% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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Pigment 92% connected

Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rouge 92% connected

red.

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