painted

verb past and past participle (paint, paints, painted, painting); adjective (painted)

«painted» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Painted is the past form of paint: colour was put on it. tree →
Painted means made as a picture with paint: «She painted a horse». tree →
Painted describes something covered in paint: a painted fence. tree →
Painted can also mean false or pretended, covering up what is really there. tree →

In the lessons

In maths: an action already done: things painted so far, or what is still to paint; painted faces of cubes. In art and everyday life: a painted wall, painted nails. In science: animals with «painted» patterns, like the painted lady butterfly. In stories: «the painted door».

Examples

She painted 5 of the 12 walls. tree →
He painted 3 pictures yesterday. tree →
How many walls are not painted yet? tree →
The painted fence is 20 meters long. tree →
The children painted the classroom door bright red. tree →
A painted lady is a kind of butterfly. tree →
The big cube is painted on all sides and cut into small cubes. tree →
Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa. tree →
They went home painted victors and loud-voiced singers. tree →

Note

What is painted is done; what is left = total − painted. Trap: «painted» and «not painted» add up to the total. In cube puzzles, count painted faces carefully: corner cubes have 3, edge cubes 2.

In Jewish tradition

It describes Jezebel who painted her eyes before Jehu came, and a house colored with red paint by an unjust king.

Interpretation. Tradition sees Jezebel's act as proud defiance before her death, and the king's fine house as wrong when built on injustice.

Examples

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window. (Prophets 2KI.9.30, JPS 1917) tree →
That saith: 'I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers', and cutteth him out windows, and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. (Prophets JER.22.14, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «painted» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«painted» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «painted» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«painted» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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