Betekenis van paint In het Nederlands

• 0 a coloured liquid that is put on a surface such as a wall to decorate it:

  • UK a tin of paint

  • US a can of paint

  • This wall needs another coat of paint.

  • The sign said "Caution! Wet paint."

  • gloss paint

  • UK matt paint

  • US matte paint

  • There were so many paints (= types of paint) to choose from that I couldn't decide which to buy.

  • oil paints

• 1 to cover a surface with paint:

  • [ + obj + adj ] We've painted the bedroom blue.

  • I've been painting all morning.

  • I'll need to paint over (= cover with another layer of paint) these dirty marks on the wall.

  • All these pictures were painted by local artists.

  • She painted her nails bright red.

• 2 a colored liquid that is put on a surface to protect or decorate it:

  • [ C ] acrylic/oil paints

  • [ U ] We need some white paint for the kitchen.

• 3 Someone who paints may make a picture by using paints:

  • [ I ] She always loved to paint.