Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. --2
                                                  Kings ix. 30.

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

            Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. --Shak.

            Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with
            delight.                              --Shak.

   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.

   4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe
      vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.

            Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her
            wickedness.                           --Shak.

            If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. --Pope.

   Syn: To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch;
        draw; describe.

Painted \Paint"ed\, a.
   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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See
      {Thistle butterfly}.

   {Painted turtle} (Zo["o]l.), a common American freshwater
      tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow
      markings beneath.

Source : WordNet®

painted
     adj 1: represented in a painting; "as idle as a painted ship upon a
            painted ocean"
     2: coated with paint; "freshly painted lawn furniture" [ant: {unpainted}]
     3: lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting;
        "in public he wore a painted smile"
     4: having makeup applied; "brazen painted faces" [ant: {unpainted}]
     5: having sections or patches colored differently and usually
        brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted
        desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied
        daisies" [syn: {motley}, {calico}, {multicolor}, {multicolour},
         {multicolored}, {multicoloured}, {particolored}, {particoloured},
         {piebald}, {pied}, {varicolored}, {varicoloured}]