maalata — meaning in English

English meaning

• paint noun A liquid or paste that is spread onto a surface and dries into a solid, coloured coating.
• score noun The total number of points, goals, or runs earned in a game or contest.

Senses

maalata is used for these senses in English:

• score To earn points in a game.

paint — full definition

1. noun A liquid or paste that is spread onto a surface and dries into a solid, coloured coating.
2. noun A set of paints or paint colours used for painting pictures.
3. verb To apply paint to a surface.
4. verb To create a picture using paints.
5. verb To describe or portray something vividly, especially in words.

score — full definition

1. noun The total number of points, goals, or runs earned in a game or contest.
2. noun The written music for all the parts of a composition, or the music composed for a film or play.
3. noun Old-fashioned or literary: a group of twenty.
4. verb To earn points, goals, or marks in a game or test.
5. verb Informal: to successfully obtain something desired, including illegal drugs.

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