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painted down

painted down is the simple past and past participle of paint down.

Meaning of paint down

Verb

paint down (third-person singular simple present paints down, present participle painting down, simple past and past participle painted down)

  1. (transitive) To apply blackface to (an actor).
    • White actors in blackface were so common that even Shirley Temple was painted down in The Littlest Rebel (1935).2015, Mollie Gregory, Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story, page 28
  2. (transitive) To coat with a substance through painting.
    • Paint it down in resin.

Questions about painted down

What is painted down the simple past and past participle of?
Painted down is the simple past and past participle of paint down.

Words near painted down in the dictionary

  1. painted comber
  2. painted combers
  3. Painted Desert
  4. painted dog
  5. painted dogs
  6. painted down
  7. painted drop tongue
  8. painted finch
  9. painted finches
  10. painted firetail
  11. painted firetails

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