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  1. 1. imp. & p. p. of Paint Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. coated with paint Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. having makeup applied Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. Painted beauty (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. -- Painted turtle (Zoöl.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. Source: webster
  9. 9. Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; paintedbunting. Painted beauty (Zoöl.), 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 whichthe bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than theflowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and iscommon in meadows.-- Painted finch. See Nonpareil.-- Painted lady (Zoöl.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistlebutterfly.-- Painted turtle (Zoöl.), a common American freshwater tortoise(Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. Source: adambom
  10. 10. j:100 a. coated with paint s. lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting a. having makeup applied Source: ecdict

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