flat coat
ground
primer
priming
primer coat
undercoat
priming coat
painting
paint
finished
grain
flatting
gesso
glazed
undercoater
shiny
plaster
surfacing
underpainting
undercoating
weight
stain
coat
bare
surface
unfinished
floating screed
apply
put on
etch
paintable
paintwork
topcoat
prime
marble
wash
eggcrate
bodypaint
resurfacing
daub
film
superface
tip off
shine
painted
distemper
egg-crating
paintmaking
powder-coat
smooth
polish
smoothen
recoating
stucco
overcoat
lustre
pebble dash
line
incrustation
encrustation
size
rough stuff
luster
replastering
-wash
niello
couch
undercloth
plastering
bed
smear
paintlike
painted-on
deposition
crocodiled
onglaze
rag-rolling
overclad
lay in
repaint
suffusion
brushwork
overglaze
face
face painting
scratchwork
basecoat
finished
glazed
shiny
bare
unfinished
paintable
surface
painted
paintlike
painted-on
crocodiled
onglaze
flat coat
ground
primer
priming
primer coat
undercoat
priming coat
painting
flatting
gesso
undercoater
surfacing
underpainting
undercoating
weight
floating screed
paintwork
topcoat
eggcrate
resurfacing
daub
film
superface
distemper
egg-crating
paintmaking
recoating
stucco
lustre
pebble dash
incrustation
encrustation
rough stuff
luster
replastering
couch
undercloth
plastering
bed
deposition
rag-rolling
suffusion
brushwork
overglaze
face
face painting
scratchwork
wash
bodypaint
basecoat
paint
grain
plaster
stain
coat
surface
apply
put on
etch
prime
marble
wash
bodypaint
tip off
shine
powder-coat
smooth
polish
smoothen
overcoat
line
size
daub
niello
smear
overclad
lay in
repaint
noun
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
verb
- fix firmly and stably
- confine or restrict to the ground
- place or put on the ground
- instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- bring to the ground
- hit or reach the ground
- throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- connect to a ground
- use as a basis for; found on
verb
- apply paint to; coat with paint
- make a painting
- make a painting of
- apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
noun
- a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
verb
- paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
- thoroughly work in
- form into grains
- become granular
noun
- a relatively small granular particle of a substance
- foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
- the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
- a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
- 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
- 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
- dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
- a cereal grass
- the smallest possible unit of anything
- the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
noun
- A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
- The process of applying a coating of flatting paint.
- An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended.
- A flat part of something, a flattening.
- The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
- A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size.
- The practice of living, with others, in a flat.
- The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something.
- The process of becoming flat.
verb
- To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- To smooth over.
- To apply a plaster to.
- To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm with (weapons) fire.
- To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
noun
- A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.
- plaster of Paris.
- A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
noun
- The thickness and opacity of paint.
- viscosity rating.
- An object used to make something heavier.
- Pressure; burden.
- Importance or influence.
- An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
- The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
- The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
- One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
- The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
- The smallest cardinality of a base.
- A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
- Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
- The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
- Synonym of mass (in general circumstances)
- Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
- Weight class
- Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances)
- A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- The illusion of mass.
verb
- To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
- To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
- To load, burden or oppress someone.
- To bias something; to slant.
- To assign weights to individual statistics.
- To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
- To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
adj
- lacking a surface finish such as paint
- having no clothes on the body
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
adj
verb
verb
- put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- come to the surface
- appear or become visible; make a showing
adj
noun
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- information that has become public
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
verb
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- ask (for something)
- be applicable to; as to an analysis
- give or convey physically
- avail oneself to
- ensure observance of laws and rules
- refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
- apply oneself to
verb
- To engrave a surface.
- To make a lasting impression.
- To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- To sketch; to delineate.
verb
- To apply a coat of primer paint to.
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- To mark with a prime mark.
- To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
- To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
adj
- First in time, order, or sequence.
- Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
- First in excellence, quality, or value.
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
- First in importance, degree, or rank.
- Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
noun
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
- A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
- The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
- The religious service appointed to this hour.
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- The chief or best individual or part.
- The first note or tone of a musical scale.
- An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
verb
- apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
- clean with some chemical process
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
- move by or as if by water
- be capable of being washed
- admit to testing or proof
- separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
- remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
- form by erosion
- make moist
- wash or flow against
- wash by removing particles
- to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
noun
- a thin coat of water-base paint
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
- any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out
noun
- a thin coating or layer
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
verb
noun
verb
- make (a surface) shine
- be bright by reflecting or casting light
- emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
- be shiny, as if wet
- be distinguished or eminent
- be clear and obvious
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- throw or flash the light of (a lamp)
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
noun
noun
- A glue-based paint.
- A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
- A painting produced with this kind of paint.
verb
- To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
- To mix (colours) in the way of distemper.
- To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
- To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
- To intoxicate.
- To paint using distemper.
verb
- To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
- To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
- To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
- To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
- To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- To read or repeat line by line.
- To form a line along.
- To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
- To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
- To measure.
noun
- A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
- A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
- A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
- A verse (in poetry).
- One fortieth of an inch.
- The goal line.
- An edge of a graph.
- A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
- An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
- A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
- The equator.
- A vascular catheter.
- A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
- A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
- A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
- The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
- a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
- A hose or pipe, of any size.
- A letter, a written form of communication.
- A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
- A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
- A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
- A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
- A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
- The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
- A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
- A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
- A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
- The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
- Direction, path.
- A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
- Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
- The batter's box.
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
- The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
- Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
- A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
- Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude
- One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
- The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
- One sixteenth of an inch.
- One twelfth of an inch.
- A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- A clothesline.
- The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
- Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
- Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
- A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
- A group of forwards that play together.
- A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
verb
- To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
- To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
- To take a greater size; to increase in size.
- To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
- To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
- To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
noun
- An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls
- The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
- A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
- A number of edges in a graph.
- Wallpaper paste.
- The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
- A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing.
- Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
suffix
noun
- A cloth that is used as a base surface for some type of work, including cases where it is incorporated into the work.
- The lower of two cloths that together perform some function.
- A cloth that is placed beneath a saddle.
- Any of various undergarments made from a rectangular piece of cloth.
- A type of fabric intended to be used as an undercloth.
- A cloth on which a body rests as bedding.
- A tablecloth laid directly on the table, over which are placed other coverings such as an additional tablecloth that allows the undercloth to show through, or an additional tablecloth that completely covers the undercloth when it is used for stability or noise muffling, or simple mats that provide additional protection.
- A protective cloth that goes underneath something.
- A cloth used to bind the breasts.
- A fabric lining, especially one that adheres to the cloth that shows.
- A cloth worn beneath a robe or other garment and that peeks out.
- A cloth used to cover the genitals.
noun
- The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
- Marriage.
- The taut surface of a trampoline.
- Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
- The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
- The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
- Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
- Sexual activity.
- A garden plot.
- A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
- A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
- An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
- A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
- The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
- A course of stone or brick in a wall.
- Time spent in a bed.
- A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
- A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
- A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
- The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
- The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
- The horizontal surface of a building stone.
- The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
- One's place of sleep or rest.
- A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
verb
- To settle, as machinery.
- To go to bed.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
- To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
- To furnish with a bed or bedding.
- To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
- To place in a bed.
- To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
- To put oneself to sleep.
- To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
verb
- To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- To make something dirty.
- To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
noun
- A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- A mark made by smearing.
- A rough glissando in jazz music.
- A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
noun
- The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
- The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
- The removal of someone from office.
- The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
- The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
- The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.
- The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
noun
- Any surface, especially a front or outer one.
- A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.
- The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
- A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.
- The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.
- The mouth.
- The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).
- One's facial expression.
- A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.
- A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as the music or fashion scene.
- The front surface of a bat.
- The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.
- Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.
- The frontal aspect of something.
- The numbered dial of a clock or watch; the clock face.
- The part of a golf club that hits the ball.
- Public image; outward appearance.
- Presence; sight; front.
- An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.
- Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.
- The directed force of something.
- Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.
- The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- A typeface.
- A mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.
- Good reputation; standing, in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).
verb
- To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat (transverse) surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical (axial) surface.
- To have the front in a certain direction.
- To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.
- To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
- To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.
- To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.
- To have as an opponent.
- To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).
- To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).
- To be the batsman on strike.
- To line near the edge, especially with a different material.
- To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.
- To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.
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