This method also means that paint covers hard to reach areas.

If you roughen up the wood a bit, the paint will cover it better.

"The fresh paint and the new carpet may be covering that serious leak in the wall," he said.

Good intentions and paint covered some of the rickety houses.

Fresh paint covered the structural concrete here, and the lighting came from bulbs.

Black paint covered most of her metal, now glistening under a film of water.

The paint still covered only half his body.

The paint and the cloth around her neck cover the bruises, the souvenirs of violence.

Red paint covers her from the waist down and in an apron-like panel across the chest.

Black paint also covered most of the ads in the concourse, adding to the gloom.