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Definition of "painted" []

  • Represented in paint. (adjective)
  • Covered or decorated with paint. (adjective)
  • Brightly colored; gaudy. (adjective)
  • Excessively made up with cosmetics. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "painted" in a sentence
  • "III. ii.290 (288,2) [but I answer you right painted cloth] Sir T. Hammer reads, _I answer you right_, in the stile of the _painted cloth."
  • "The Washington Post first reported that a large rock at the entrance of the camp had the term painted on it."
  • "The “Kosher Krusher,” the name painted on the front doors of Silberstein's car, is the rabbi's recruitment tool as he takes a radical step to reverse the declining number of Jews in America."