REPAINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does repaint mean? 

• REPAINT (verb)
  The verb REPAINT has 2 senses:

1. paint again

2. paint again

  Familiarity information: REPAINT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPAINT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they repaint    ... he / she / it repaints   
Past simple: repainted   
Past participle: repainted   
-ing form: repainting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Paint again

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

He repainted the same scenery many times during his life

Hypernyms (to "repaint" is one way to...):

paint (make a painting of)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Paint again

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

He repainted the wall after the child smeared it with tomato sauce

Hypernyms (to "repaint" is one way to...):

paint (apply paint to; coat with paint)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

The men repaint the boat
They want to repaint the doors

 Context examples 

I said good-bye to Mother and the cove where I had lived since I was born, and the dear old Admiral Benbow—since he was repainted, no longer quite so dear.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The squire had had everything repaired, and the public rooms and the sign repainted, and had added some furniture—above all a beautiful armchair for mother in the bar.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)