Paint is a coloured liquid that you put onto a surface with a brush in order to protect the surface or to make it look nice, or that you use to produce a picture.

On a wall or object, the paint is the covering of dried paint on it.

If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint.

If you paint something or paint a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using paint.

When you paint a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using paint.

If a woman paints her lips or nails, she puts a coloured cosmetic on them.

If you paint a grim or vivid picture of something, you give a description of it that is grim or vivid.