varnish
verb/ˈvɑːnɪʃ/
/ˈvɑːrnɪʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they varnish | /ˈvɑːnɪʃ/ /ˈvɑːrnɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it varnishes | /ˈvɑːnɪʃɪz/ /ˈvɑːrnɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple varnished | /ˈvɑːnɪʃt/ /ˈvɑːrnɪʃt/ |
| past participle varnished | /ˈvɑːnɪʃt/ /ˈvɑːrnɪʃt/ |
| -ing form varnishing | /ˈvɑːnɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈvɑːrnɪʃɪŋ/ |
- to put varnish on the surface of something
- varnish something The doors are then stained and varnished.
- (British English) Josie was sitting at her desk, varnishing her nails.
- varnish something + noun (British English) Her nails were varnished a brilliant shade of red.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryVarnish is used with these nouns as the object:- nail
- woodwork
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French vernis, from medieval Latin veronix ‘fragrant resin’ or medieval Greek berenikē, probably from Berenice, a town in Cyrenaica, a region of NE Libya.
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