Varnish

['vɑːnɪʃ] or ['vɑrnɪʃ]

Definition

(noun.) a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface.

(verb.) cover with varnish.

Checked by Alissa--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.

(n.) That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.

(n.) An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.

(n.) To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting.

(n.) To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt.

Typed by Adele

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Lacquer.

v. a. [1]. Lacquer, Japan.[2]. Polish, adorn, decorate, garnish, gild.[3]. Palliate, gloss, extenuate, excuse.

Typist: Nigel

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Glaze, gloss, disguise, palliate, embellish, sophisticate, furbish

ANT:Simplify, divest, disembellish, disencumber

Inputed by Ferdinand

Definition

v.t. to cover with a liquid so as to give a glossy surface to: to give a fair appearance to.—n. a sticky liquid which dries and forms a hard lustrous coating: a glossy lustrous appearance: any gloss or palliation.—ns. Var′nisher; Var′nishing; Var′nishing-day a day before the opening of a picture exhibition when exhibitors may varnish or retouch their pictures after they have been hung; Var′nish-tree a name given to trees of several distinct natural orders the resinous juice of which is used for varnishing or for lacquering.

Typist: Suzy

Examples

Checker: Wayne

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