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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repaint/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repaint/#x1)
- The classroom door was repainted in blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repaint/#x2)
- My bike was scratched, so I repainted it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repaint/#x3)
- One tin covers 10 square metres; we need 3 tins to repaint a 30 square metre wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repaint/#x4)
- The lines on the playground were repainted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repaint/#x5)
- They are repainting the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repaint/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repaint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repaint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.