Usually means: Substances applied to surfaces, coloring.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word paints:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. paints: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. paints: Merriam-Webster
  3. paints: Collins English Dictionary
  4. paints: Vocabulary.com
  5. Paints, paint's, paints: Wordnik
  6. paints: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Paints, paints: Wiktionary
  8. paints: Dictionary.com
  9. paints: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Paints: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. paints: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paints: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paints: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paints: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paints: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paints: Idioms

(Note: See paint as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Paint)

noun:  A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
noun:  (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
noun:  (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
noun:  (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
noun:  (poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
noun:  (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
noun:  (uncountable) Makeup.
noun:  (uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.
noun:  (dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
noun:  The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
verb:  (transitive) To apply paint to.
verb:  (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
verb:  (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
verb:  (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
verb:  (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
verb:  (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
verb:  (transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
verb:  (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
verb:  (transitive, military or aviation, slang) To detect (something) with radar.
noun:  A paint horse.
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