VARNISHING

Definitions: VARNISHING

VARNISHING

Noun

1. The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish.

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Varnish

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "VARNISHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Specialty Definitions: VARNISHING

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream of varnishing anything, denotes that you will seek to win distinction by fraudulent means. To see others varnishing, foretells that you are threatened with danger from the endeavor of friends to add to their own possessions. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
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Synonyms by domain: lacquering (fine arts, sports & leisure).

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Crosswords: VARNISHING

English words defined with "VARNISHING": Japanning. (references)

Specialty definitions using "VARNISHING": BOAT-OAR MAKER ♦ HEEL BREASTER, LEATHER ♦ PRIMER-CHARGING TOOL SETTER ♦ ROLLER VARNISHER ♦ VARNISHING-UNIT OPERATOR, VARNISHING-UNIT TOOL SETTER. (references)

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Modern Usage: VARNISHING

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	What could be stupider than varnishing the seat of a chair? (Rescue from Gilligan's Island; writing credit: David P. Harmon; Al Schwartz)
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Commercial Usage: VARNISHING

Domain	Title
Books	The Practical Guide to Decorative Antique Effects: How to Achieve the Look of Real Antiques Through Varnishing, Waxing, Staining, Colorwashing (reference) (more book examples)
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Use in Literature: VARNISHING

Title	Author	Quote
Hunting of the Snark	Carroll, Lewis	So remonstrance was impossible, and no steering could be done till the next varnishing day.
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Non-Fiction Usage: VARNISHING

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Mauritius	Three large Heidelberg (German brand) 4-color presses were imported during 2000-01, including one with spot varnishing capability. (references)
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Usage Frequency: VARNISHING

"VARNISHING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 81.25% of the time. "VARNISHING" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	81.25%	13	97,576
Noun (proper)	12.5%	2	245,945
Noun (common)	6.25%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	16	N/A

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Expressions: VARNISHING

Expressions using "VARNISHING": varnishing day ♦ varnishing machine. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: VARNISHING

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
varnishing	6
varnishing wood	4
industrial varnishing	4
boat varnishing	3
spot uv varnishing	2
teak varnishing	2
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Modern Translations: VARNISHING

Language		Translations for "VARNISHING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		lustrim (burnish, glazing, polishing, shining). (various references)

Arabic		‏دهن طلي (daubing, painting). (various references)

Chinese		涂清漆 (Varnished). (various references)

French		vitrification, vernissage. (various references)

German		lackierung (lacquer, painting, paintwork, scheme, spraying, varnish). (various references)

Hungarian		szépítgetés (palliation), politúrozás (varnish), kencézés, fényezés (burnishing, enamelling, hot pressing, japanning, paintwork, polish), belakkozás. (various references)

Korean		니스로 � 함. (various references)

Manx		laa ny varnish (varnishing day). (various references)

Pig Latin		arnishingvay

Portuguese		relativo a disfarce (varnishing day), envernizadora (varnishing machine). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		lakiranje, glaziranje. (various references)

Spanish		barnizado (doping, glazed, glazing, grounding). (various references)

Swedish		lackering (lacquering, paintwork). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự đánh véc ni. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: VARNISHING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-h-i-i-n-n-r-s-v"
	-1 letter: ravishing, vanishing.
	-2 letters: ingrains, ravining, shrining, shriving.
	-3 letters: airings, arising, garnish, ingrain, raining, raising, ravings, rinsing, saining, sharing, shaving, shining, snaring, varnish, virgins, visaing.
	-4 letters: airing, arshin, ashing, garish, grains, haring, having, hiring, hiving, invars, raisin, rasing, raving, ravins, ravish, rising, riving, saning, saving, shairn, siring, vanish, vining, virgas, virgin, vising.
	-5 letters: airns, gains, garni, girns, girsh, gnars, gnash, grain, grans, grins, hairs, hangs, invar, iring, naris, nighs, ragis, rains, ranis, ravin, rings, rishi, sangh, sarin, savin, sharn, shiva, vairs, vangs, vigas, vinas, virga.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-h-i-i-n-n-r-s-v"
	+1 letter: enravishing.
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