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paints down

paints down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 paints down

What is paints down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Paints down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paint down.

Words near paints down in the dictionary

  1. paintrix
  2. paintroot
  3. paints
  4. paints a rosy picture
  5. paints by numbers
  6. paints down
  7. paints oneself into a corner
  8. paints out
  9. paints over
  10. paints the tape
  11. paints the town

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