Varnish synonyms and antonyms

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paint
To create (an image) with paints.
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lacquer
To apply a lacquer to something or to give something a smooth, glossy finish.
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gloss over
(Idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
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finish
To bring to a required or desired state:
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shellac
(Slang) To beat
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size
To arrange or grade according to size
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enamel
To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
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japan
The definition of japan is to add a dark, smooth and hard gloss to a metal object.
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coat
To coat is to cover something completely, or to give someone an outer layer of clothing.
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luster
(Intransitive) To gleam, have luster
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polish
To refine or remove flaws from; perfect or complete:
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gloss
Gloss is defined as to make or become shiny, or to hide.
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adorn
To be an ornament to; add beauty, splendor, or distinction to
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refinish
To put a new finish on (furniture).
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glaze
To coat (a painted surface) with a semitransparent color
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expose (antonym)
​ To subject photographic film to light thus ruining it or taking a picture if controlled.
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remove the finish (antonym)
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strip (antonym)
To dismantle (a firearm, for example) piece by piece.
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embellish
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.
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extenuate
(Intransitive) To become thinner.
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lac
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palliate
To lessen the pain or severity of without actually curing; alleviate; ease
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polyurethane
Any of various synthetic resins used to make tough resistant coatings, adhesives, foams, and electrical insulation.
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stain
To discolour something
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veneer
To cover with a thin layer of more costly material; esp., to cover (wood) with wood of finer quality
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color
(Intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
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gild
To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to.
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gloze
To extenuate, explain away, gloss over.
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sugarcoat
To coat with sugar:
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whitewash
To conceal or gloss over (wrongdoing, for example).
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paper-over
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put a good face on
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true (related)
In a true manner; truly, truthfully, accurately, etc.
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seal
To close or fasten with a seal:
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topcoat (related)
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basecoat (related)
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Hammerite (related)
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gelcoat (related)
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proaqua (related)
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sealant (related)
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gesso (related)
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plaster (related)
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self-coloured (related)
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emulsion (related)
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undercoat (related)
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linseed-oil (related)
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woodstain (related)
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sealer (related)
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mastic (related)
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wax
To wax is to polish something using a special substance designed for shining or protecting or to remove unwanted hair by applying a warmed sticky substance to it and then using paper to pull off the hairs that stick to the substance.
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surface
To provide with a surface or apply a surface to:
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Varnish Sentence Examples

  • A plaster cast of the type is, when dry, saturated with shellac varnish and redried.

  • By boiling this varnish with dilute nitric acid vapours of acrolein are given off, and the substance gradually becomes a solid non-adhesive mass the same as the ultimate oxidation product of both raw and boiled oil.

  • Extensive use of this property is made in the paint and varnish trades.

  • Small fragments, formerly thrown away or used only for varnish, are now utilized on a large scale in the formation of "ambroid" or "pressed amber."

  • The cables are wrapped in cotton duck soaked in oxidized oil and varnish, and are sheathed in sheet iron.

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