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REPAINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does repaint mean?
• REPAINT (verb)
The verb REPAINT has 2 senses:
Familiarity information: REPAINT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: repainted
Past participle: repainted
-ing form: repainting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Paint again
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
He repainted the same scenery many times during his life
Hypernyms (to "repaint" is one way to...):
paint (make a painting of)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Paint again
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
He repainted the wall after the child smeared it with tomato sauce
Hypernyms (to "repaint" is one way to...):
paint (apply paint to; coat with paint)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
The men repaint the boat
They want to repaint the doors
Context examples
I said good-bye to Mother and the cove where I had lived since I was born, and the dear old Admiral Benbow—since he was repainted, no longer quite so dear.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The squire had had everything repaired, and the public rooms and the sign repainted, and had added some furniture—above all a beautiful armchair for mother in the bar.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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