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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Paint \Paint\ (p[=a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Painted; p. pr. & vb. n. Painting.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los many-colored, Skr. pi[,c] to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture, Pigment, Pint.] 1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. [1913 Webster]

    Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2 Kings ix. 30. [1913 Webster]

    2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors. [1913 Webster]

    Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

    Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

    3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape. [1913 Webster]

    4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a political opponent as a traitor. [1913 Webster]

    Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

    If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

    Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Painted \Paint"ed\, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. [1913 Webster]

    As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

    2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. [1913 Webster]

    Painted beauty (Zool.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors,

    Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows.

    Painted finch. See Nonpareil.

    Painted lady (Zool.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly.

    Painted turtle (Zool.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    delineated \delineated\ adj. 1. represented accurately or precisely. [Narrower terms: diagrammatic, diagrammatical; drawn; painted] [WordNet 1.5]

    2. described in words with sharpness and detail or with vivid imagery. Opposite of undelineated.

    Syn: represented, delineate. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]