Paint Definition–noun | 1. | a substance
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composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art. | | 2. | an application of this. | | 3. | the dried surface pigment: Don't scuff the paint. | | 4. | the solid coloring matter alone; pigment. | | 5. | facial cosmetics, esp. lipstick, rouge, etc., designed to heighten natural color. | | 6. | Chiefly Western U.S. a pied, calico, or spotted horse or pony; pinto. | –verb (used with object) | 7. | to coat, cover, or decorate (something) with paint: to paint a fence. | | 8. | to produce (a picture, design, etc.) in paint: to paint a portrait. | | 9. | to represent in paint, as in oils, tempera, or watercolor: to paint an actress as the Muse of tragedy. | | 10. | to depict as if by painting; describe vividly in words: The ads painted the resort as a winter wonderland. | | 11. | to color by or as if by painting: Sunset painted the clouds pink. | | 12. | to apply a substance to, as a liquid medicine or a cosmetic: to paint a cut with iodine. | –verb (used without object) | 13. | to coat or cover anything with paint. | | 14. | to engage in painting as an art: She has begun to paint in her spare time. | | 15. | to put on or use facial cosmetics. | —Idiom | 16. | paint the town red, Informal. to celebrate boisterously, esp. by making a round of stops at bars and nightclubs. Also, paint the town. | |
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Shop Definition–noun | 1. | a retail store, esp. a small one. | | 2. | a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods: the ski shop at Smith's. | | 3. | the workshop of a craftsperson or artisan. | | 4. | the workshop of a person who works in a manual trade; place for doing specific, skilled manual work: a carpenter's shop. | | 5. | any factory, office, or business: Our ad agency is a well-run shop. | | 6. | Education. | a. | a course of instruction in a trade, as carpentry, printing, etc., consisting chiefly of training in the use of its tools and materials. | | b. | a classroom in which such a course is given. | | | 7. | one's trade, profession, or business as a subject of conversation or preoccupation. | –verb (used without object) | 8. | to visit shops and stores for purchasing or examining goods. | | 9. | to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale: Retail merchants often stock their stores by shopping in New York. | | 10. | to seek a bargain, investment, service, etc. (usually fol. by for): I'm shopping for a safe investment that pays good interest. | –verb (used with object) | 11. | to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale in or by: She's shopping the shoe stores this afternoon. | | 12. | Chiefly British Informal. | a. | to put into prison; jail. | | b. | to behave treacherously toward; inform on; betray. | | | 13. | Slang. to try to sell (merchandise or a project) in an attempt to obtain an order or contract. | –interjection | 14. | (used in a store, shop, etc., in calling an employee to wait on a customer.) | —Idioms | 15. | set up shop, to go into business; begin business operations: to set up shop as a taxidermist. | | 16. | shut up shop, | a. | to close a business temporarily, as at the end of the day. | | b. | to suspend business operations permanently: They couldn't make a go of it and had to shut up shop. | | | 17. | talk shop, to discuss one's trade, profession, or business: After dinner we all sat around the table and talked shop. | |
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