Paint

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

Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.

To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.

Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.

To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.

To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

A pigment or coloring substance.

The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.

A cosmetic; rouge.

a 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"