Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To efface the painting or color of.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To remove
paint from. - verb transitive, figuratively To
efface .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
un- + paint
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Examples
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One of the pleasures of being a man has been that of watching women dress and undress, paint and unpaint.
The Body Hanif Kureishi 2004
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One of the pleasures of being a man has been that of watching women dress and undress, paint and unpaint.
The Body Hanif Kureishi 2004
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One of the pleasures of being a man has been that of watching women dress and undress, paint and unpaint.
The Body Hanif Kureishi 2004
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