repaint

«repaint» in Mova's school dictionary: to paint it again, usually in a new colour or because the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (repaint, repaints, repainted, repainting)

meaning for a pupil

To repaint something is to paint it again, usually in a new colour or because the old paint is worn. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life people repaint fences, walls and bikes. In maths problems: area to repaint and tins of paint needed. Phrases: «repaint the fence», «freshly repainted».

examples

• We repainted the fence white. tree →
• The classroom door was repainted in blue. tree →
• My bike was scratched, so I repainted it. tree →
• One tin covers 10 square metres; we need 3 tins to repaint a 30 square metre wall. tree →
• The lines on the playground were repainted. tree →
• They are repainting the bridge. tree →

note

re- = again. Regular verb. In maths, the number of tins needed is rounded UP: if you need 2.5 tins, you must buy 3.

In the corpora

• That is still copying, the way repainting your mate's bike doesn't make it your bike.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «repaint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.