overpaint

From over- +‎ paint.

• Rhymes: -eɪnt

overpaint (third-person singular simple present overpaints, present participle overpainting, simple past and past participle overpainted)

1. To color or describe too strongly.
2. To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting.
3. To paint over (something).

   Hypernym: overcoat

   This antique chair's inlays have been overpainted, but we can restore its finish.

4. To paint too much: with too thick a coating of paint.

   This antique chair has been overpainted to the point that you can't discern the carved details.

5. (computer graphics) To erase by drawing graphics over the top.

• whitewash
• mask

• paintover

• topcoat
• undercoat

• paintover