paint vs saffron

paint

verb
  • To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint. 

  • To direct a radar beam toward. 

  • To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part. 

  • To apply paint to. 

  • To create (an image) with paints. 

  • To apply in the manner that paint is applied. 

  • To draw an element in a graphical user interface. 

  • To depict or portray. 

  • To practise the art of painting pictures. 

  • To color one's face by way of beautifying it. 

noun
  • Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated. 

  • A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures. 

  • The free-throw lane, construed with the. 

  • A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied. 

  • Paintballs. 

  • Tattoo work. 

  • The appearance of an object on a radar screen. 

  • Makeup. 

  • A face card (king, queen, or jack). 

saffron

verb
  • To colour (a metal or wooden surface) with a gilding product containing saffron. 

  • To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc. 

  • To dye (a fabric, garment, etc.) with a saffron-based dye. 

  • To give a saffron colour to (something). 

  • To embellish. 

adj
  • Having an orange-yellow colour. 

noun
  • An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt. 

  • A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent. 

  • The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus. 

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