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paint
1. A colored liquid applied to a surface in order to decorate or protect it, or in order to create a painting.
2. To cover the surface of something with paint in order to decorate or to protect it.
3. To mark designs or words on a surface using paint.
4. To apply makeup to the face or lips, or polish to the nails.
5. Etymology: "implied in painting" or a "result of applying paint"; from Old French peinter, from peint, past participle of peindre, "to paint"; from Latin pingere, "to paint".
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