overpaint
verbEtymology From over- + paint.
1
To color or describe too strongly.
- OK, you've painted me a picture well enough; you don't need to overpaint it.
2
To apply the final layers of paint over underpainting.
3
To paint over (something).
- 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, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To erase by drawing graphics over the top.