paint

n

1. pigment, dye, stain; color, colorant, coloring, tint, tincture; oils, pastels, water colors.

2. coat, coating; primer, undercoat, flat coat, ground, dead-color; calcimine, whitewash, flat wash, wash, Brit. distemper; enamel, varnish, lacquer.

3. make-up, facial cosmetic, cosmetics, Inf. war paint; greasepaint, clown white, pancake or pancake make-up or cake make-up; foundation, base; rouge, blush; lip rouge, lipstick; mascara, eye shadow, eye lin- er, liner.

v

4. color, dye, stain, pigment; shade, tint, tincture, temper; illuminate, brighten, blazon, emblazon; coat, cover; whitewash, wash, calcimine; prime, undercoat, Art. distemper; enamel, varnish, shellac, lacquer, glaze, veneer.

5. depict, portray, picture, picturize, represent, render, delineate, set forth, Archaic. limn; draw, sketch, catch a likeness; draft, pencil, chalk, charcoal, crayon.

6. paint the town red

Slang. carouse, revel, roister, wassail, bouse, make merry, cut loose, let loose, go out on the town, Inf. live it up, Inf. step out, Sl. make whoopee, whoop it up, raise Cain; go on a spree, make the rounds or the dizzy rounds, Sl. tie one on, Sl. booze it up, Sl. go on a drunk or binge or bender or toot or jag or tear or bat, Sl. bar-hop or bar-crawl, Brit. Sl. pub-crawl.