1. Coated with paint
   "freshly painted lawn furniture"
    
2. Having makeup applied
   "brazen painted faces"
    
3. Having sections or patches coloured differently and usually brightly
   "the painted desert";
   - motley, calico, multicolor [US], multi-color [US], multicolour [Brit, Cdn], multi-colour [Brit, Cdn], multicolored [US], multi-colored [US], multicoloured [Brit, Cdn], multi-coloured [Brit, Cdn], particolored [US], particoloured [Brit, Cdn], piebald, pied, varicolored [US], varicoloured [Brit, Cdn], parti-color [N. Amer], parti-colour [Brit]
    
4. Lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting
   "in public he wore a painted smile"

1. Apply paint to; coat with paint
   "We painted the rooms yellow"
    
2. Make a painting
   "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"
    
3. Make a painting of
   "He painted his mistress many times"
    
4. Apply liquid to a surface with a brush
   "They painted the fence with a weather-resistant coating"
    
5. Describe or depict vividly in words
   "The author painted a grim picture of life in the slums"
    
6. Cover or fill something (often metaphorical)
   "Autumn painted the hills with bright colours"

See also: artificial, colored [US], colorful [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], colourful [Brit, Cdn], finished, rouged, stained, unreal, varnished, whitewashed

Type of: coat, cover, create, interpret, represent, surface

Antonym: unpainted

Encyclopedia: Painted