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painting down

painting down is the present participle and gerund 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 painting down

What is painting down the present participle and gerund of?
Painting down is the present participle and gerund of paint down.

Words near painting down in the dictionary

  1. paintin'
  2. paintiness
  3. painting
  4. painting a rosy picture
  5. painting by numbers
  6. painting down
  7. painting knife
  8. painting knives
  9. painting oneself into a corner
  10. painting out
  11. painting over

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