Varnish

Noun

 * 1) A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.
 * 2) Anything resembling such a paint.
 * 3) By extension: A deceptively showy appearance.

Related terms

 * nail varnish

Verb

 * 1)  To apply varnish.
 * 2)  To cover up with varnish.
 * 3)  To gloss over a defect.

Adjectives for Varnish
graceful; periodic; momentary; secular; diurnal; visible; sure; divers (pi); incessant; discreet; seasonal; occasional; skillful; fantastic; pyro-technical; erratic; verbal.

Thesaurus
acting, adorn, affectation, air brush, alibi, allow for, allowance, apology, appearance, apply paint, art paper, attitudinizing, becloud, bedaub, bedizen, befog, begild, belie, besmear, bias, blanket, blind, bluff, bluffing, brush, brush on paint, buff, burnish, calcimine, camera lucida, camera obscura, camouflage, canvas, chalk, charcoal, cheating, cloak, cloud, coat, coating, color, coloring, complexion, conceal, convolute, cover, cover story, cover up, cover-up, crayon, curtain, dab, daub, deception, decontamination, decorate, deep-dye, delusion, device, diminish, dip, disguise, dissemblance, dissemble, dissembling, dissimulation, distemper, distort, distract attention from, double-dye, drawing paper, drawing pencil, dress up, drier, dye, ease, easel, eclipse, elaborate, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enamel, engild, enrich, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, excuse, extenuate, extenuating circumstances, extenuation, extenuative, facade, face, facing, fakery, faking, false air, false front, false show, falsify, falsity, fast-dye, feigning, feint, festoon, film, finish, fixative, flourish, four-flushing, fraud, fresco, front, fudge, fur, furbish, garble, gild, gilding, gilt, glance, glaze, gloss, gloss over, grain, ground, guise, handle, hide, hue, humbug, humbuggery, ignore, illuminate, imbue, imposture, ingrain, involve, japan, keep under cover, lacquer, lame excuse, lay figure, lay on color, lessen, load with ornament, locus standi, luster, make allowance for, mask, masquerade, maulstick, medium, meretriciousness, mince, miscite, miscolor, misconstrue, misdirect, misinterpret, misquote, misrender, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misuse, mitigate, mitigation, obfuscate, obscure, occult, ornament, ostensible motive, ostentation, outward show, overcharge, overlay, overload, overstate, paint, paintbrush, palette, palette knife, palliate, palliation, palliative, parget, pastel, pellicle, pencil, pervert, pigment, pigments, playacting, polish, poor excuse, pose, posing, posture, pretense, pretension, pretext, prime, protestation, public motive, put-off, qualification, refuge, representation, revetment, rub, scale, scour, scratchboard, screen, scum, seeming, semblance, shade, shadow, sham, shellac, shine, show, shroud, siccative, simulacrum, simulation, sketchbook, sketchpad, skin, slant, sleek, slick, slick down, slop on paint, slur over, smear, smoke screen, soft-pedal, soften, softening, spatula, speciousness, spray gun, stain, stalking-horse, stipple, strain, stratagem, stump, subterfuge, sugarcoat, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, titivate, tone, torture, trick, trick out, twist, undercoat, understate, veil, veneer, warp, wash, wax, white, whiten, whitewash, whitewashing, window dressing

Etymology
vernis:, from origin.

Noun

 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Hungarian:, politúr, fénymáz
 * Polish:


 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * Hungarian:


 * : vernis m, lak m
 * : vernis
 * : Lack m (1), Firnis, m
 * : vernice


 * : verniz m
 * : lak m
 * : barniz

Verb

 * Finnish:


 * Polish: lakierować


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, politúroz, fényez


 * Polish: lakierować


 * Hungarian: szépítget, takargat


 * : vernissen m, lakken m
 * : lackieren (1)


 * : envernizar
 * : lakovať (1), zalakovať (2)

Anagrams

 * hrivnas