"body-paint" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: body-paints [present, singular, third-person], body-painting [participle, present], body-painted [participle, past], body-painted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} body-paint (third-person singular simple present body-paints, present participle body-painting, simple past and past participle body-painted)
  1. (transitive) To paint (something) on a person's skin. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-body-paint-en-verb-qFzbgtqt
  2. (transitive) To apply body paint onto the skin of (someone). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-body-paint-en-verb-8JjwGQqe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for body-paint meaning in English (2.2kB)

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