"varnish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈvɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-varnish.ogg [US] Forms: varnishes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ Etymology: From Middle English vernisch, vernish, from Old French vernis, from Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”), a town in Cyrenaica, now called Benghazi. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vernisch}} Middle English vernisch, {{m|enm|vernish}} vernish, {{der|en|fro|vernis}} Old French vernis, {{der|en|ML.|vernix, veronix}} Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, {{der|en|gkm|Βερενίκη||Berenice}} Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} varnish (countable and uncountable, plural varnishes)
  1. A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (transparent paint): llak [masculine] (Albanian), وَرْنِيش (warnīš) [masculine] (Arabic), լաք (lakʻ) (Armenian), lak (Azerbaijani), лак (lak) [masculine] (Belarusian), বার্নিশ (barniś) (Bengali), лак (lak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဗားနစ် (ba:nac) (Burmese), vernís [masculine] (Catalan), berenih (Central Melanau), 清漆 (qīngqī) (Chinese Mandarin), (qī) (Chinese Mandarin), lak [masculine] (Czech), fernis [common-gender] (Danish), lak [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), verniso (Esperanto), lakk (Estonian), lakka (Finnish), vernissa (Finnish), vernis [masculine] (French), ლაკი (laḳi) (Georgian), Lack [masculine] (German), Firnis [masculine] (German), वार्निश (vārniś) [masculine] (Hindi), lakk (Hungarian), politúr (Hungarian), fénymáz (Hungarian), öljy (Ingrian), vernisse (Interlingua), vearnais [feminine] (Irish), vernice [feminine] (Italian), ワニス (wanisu) (Japanese), ニス (nisu) (Japanese), 仮漆 (kashitsu) (alt: かしつ) (Japanese), лак (lak) (Kazakh), 니스 (niseu) (Korean), (ot) (Korean), 바니시 (banisi) (Korean), лак (lak) (Kyrgyz), laka [feminine] (Latvian), lakas [masculine] (Lithuanian), varnis (Malay), lossanagh [masculine] (Manx), varnish [feminine] (Manx), wānihi (Maori), ferniss [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lakk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ferniss [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lakk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vernís [masculine] (Occitan), ورنیك (vernik) (Ottoman Turkish), ورنی (verni) (Persian), lakier [masculine] (Polish), verniz [masculine] (Portuguese), vernis [neuter] (Romanian), lac [neuter] (Romanian), лак (lak) [masculine] (Russian), ла̏к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lȁk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lak [masculine] (Slovak), lak [masculine] (Slovene), barniz [masculine] (Spanish), lack [common-gender] (Swedish), fernissa [common-gender] (Swedish), barnis (Tagalog), alyamas (Tagalog), лак (lak) (Tajik), น้ำมันชักเงา (Thai), vernik (Turkish), lak (Turkmen), лак (lak) [masculine] (Ukrainian), lak (Uzbek), vernize (Venetian), sơn (Vietnamese), véc ni (Vietnamese), farnis [masculine] (Welsh), farnais [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-varnish-en-noun-yqYgkPKI Disambiguation of 'transparent paint': 72 23 3 2
  2. Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (anything resembling such a paint): гланц (glanc) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fernis [common-gender] (Danish), lak [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), lakka (Finnish), Firnis [masculine] (German), kence (Hungarian), lesk (Slovak), vernize (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-varnish-en-noun-0-QQIgWW Disambiguation of 'anything resembling such a paint': 5 95 0 0
  3. (by extension) A deceptively showy appearance. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (a deceptively showy appearance): лустро (lustro) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fernis [common-gender] (Danish), pintakiilto (Finnish), máz (Hungarian), verniz [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-varnish-en-noun-n7cVXkYp Disambiguation of 'a deceptively showy appearance': 1 16 81 3
  4. (rail transport, US, informal, dated) a passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time. Tags: US, countable, dated, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-varnish-en-noun-PyfGf305 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 2 2 63 2 2 13 4 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vernish [obsolete] Derived forms: desert varnish, nail varnish, rock varnish, varnishless, varnishlike, varnish tree, varnishy

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈvɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-varnish.ogg [US] Forms: varnishes [present, singular, third-person], varnishing [participle, present], varnished [participle, past], varnished [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ Etymology: From Middle English vernisch, vernish, from Old French vernis, from Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”), a town in Cyrenaica, now called Benghazi. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vernisch}} Middle English vernisch, {{m|enm|vernish}} vernish, {{der|en|fro|vernis}} Old French vernis, {{der|en|ML.|vernix, veronix}} Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, {{der|en|gkm|Βερενίκη||Berenice}} Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} varnish (third-person singular simple present varnishes, present participle varnishing, simple past and past participle varnished)
  1. (intransitive) To apply varnish. Tags: intransitive Translations (to apply varnish): лакирам (lakiram) (Bulgarian), envernissar (Catalan), 塗漆 (Chinese Mandarin), 涂漆 (túqí) (Chinese Mandarin), lakata (Finnish), vernir (French), ლაქის წასმა (lakis c̣asma) (Georgian), ლაკირება (laḳireba) (Georgian), lackieren (German), firnissen (German), lakkoz (Hungarian), politúroz (Hungarian), fényez (Hungarian), öljytä (Ingrian), 塗る (nuru) (alt: ぬる) (Japanese), wānihi (Maori), vèrni (Norman), lakierować (Polish), envernizar (Portuguese), лакирова́ть (lakirovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), lakovať (Slovak), barnizar (Spanish), lacar (Spanish), lacka (Swedish), verniklemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-varnish-en-verb-txDLsA67 Disambiguation of 'to apply varnish': 96 2 0 2
  2. (transitive) To cover up with varnish. Tags: transitive Translations (to cover up with varnish): лакирам (lakiram) (Bulgarian), lakata (Finnish), ლაკირება (laḳireba) (Georgian), lakkoz (Hungarian), politúroz (Hungarian), fényez (Hungarian), öljytä (Ingrian), lakierować (Polish), envernizar (Portuguese), лакирова́ть (lakirovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), покрыва́ть ла́ком (pokryvátʹ lákom) [imperfective] (Russian), nalakovať (Slovak), zalakovať (Slovak), barnizar (Spanish), lacar (Spanish), lacka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-varnish-en-verb-rQjfSm9G Disambiguation of 'to cover up with varnish': 1 94 0 5
  3. (transitive) To make something superficially or deceptively attractive Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-varnish-en-verb-4AWr2Ms4
  4. (transitive) To gloss over a defect. Tags: transitive Translations (to gloss over a defect): прикривам (prikrivam) (Bulgarian), შენიღბვა (šeniɣbva) (Georgian), შელამაზება (šelamazeba) (Georgian), დაფარვა (daparva) (Georgian), szépítget (Hungarian), takargat (Hungarian), kozmetikáz (Hungarian), envernizar (Portuguese), прикра́шивать (prikrášivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-varnish-en-verb-GnDIeo4W Disambiguation of 'to gloss over a defect': 1 4 0 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vernish [obsolete] Derived forms: revarnish, varnishable, varnisher, varnishing day, varnishment

Noun [Manx]

Forms: varnish [genitive, singular], varnishyn [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English varnish. Etymology templates: {{bor|gv|en|varnish}} English varnish Head templates: {{head|gv|noun|genitive singular|varnish|||||||plural|varnishyn|||||cat2=|f1accel-form=gen|s|f1request=1|f5accel-form=p|f5request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} varnish f (genitive singular varnish, plural varnishyn), {{gv-noun|f|varnishyn|varnish}} varnish f (genitive singular varnish, plural varnishyn)
  1. varnish Tags: feminine Synonyms: lossanagh Derived forms: varnish ingney (english: nail varnish)
    Sense id: en-varnish-gv-noun-fJTq0pMQ Categories (other): Manx entries with incorrect language header

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          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
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          "roman": "warnīš",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
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          "word": "وَرْنِيش"
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          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "lakʻ",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "լաք"
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          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "lak"
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          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "lak",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "лак"
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          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "barniś",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "বার্নিশ"
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          "roman": "lak",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
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          "word": "лак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "ba:nac",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "ဗားနစ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "vernís"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "mel",
          "lang": "Central Melanau",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "berenih"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qīngqī",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "清漆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qī",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "漆"
        },
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          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lak"
        },
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          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fernis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "verniso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "lakk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "lakka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "vernissa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vernis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "laḳi",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "ლაკი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Lack"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Firnis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vārniś",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वार्निश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "lakk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "politúr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "fénymáz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "öljy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "vernisse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vearnais"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vernice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "wanisu",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "ワニス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nisu",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "ニス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "alt": "かしつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kashitsu",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "仮漆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "lak",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "лак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "niseu",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "니스"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ot",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "옻"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "banisi",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "바니시"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "lak",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "лак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lakas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "varnis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lossanagh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "varnish"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "wānihi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ferniss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lakk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vernís"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "vernik",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "ورنیك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "verni",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "ورنی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lakier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verniz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vernis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lak",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "лак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ла̏к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lȁk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "barniz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lack"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fernissa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "barnis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "alyamas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "lak",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "лак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "น้ำมันชักเงา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "vernik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "lak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "lak",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "лак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "lak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "vernize"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "sơn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "word": "véc ni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "farnis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 23 3 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "transparent paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "farnais"
        }
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        "Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance."
      ],
      "id": "en-varnish-en-noun-0-QQIgWW",
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        [
          "glossy",
          "glossy"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "glanc",
          "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гланц"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fernis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
          "word": "lakka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Firnis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
          "word": "kence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
          "word": "lesk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95 0 0",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
          "word": "vernize"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "A deceptively showy appearance."
      ],
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        [
          "deceptively",
          "deceptively"
        ],
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          "showy",
          "showy"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) A deceptively showy appearance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 16 81 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lustro",
          "sense": "a deceptively showy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "лустро"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 16 81 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a deceptively showy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fernis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 16 81 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a deceptively showy appearance",
          "word": "pintakiilto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 16 81 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a deceptively showy appearance",
          "word": "máz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 16 81 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a deceptively showy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verniz"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rail transportation",
          "orig": "en:Rail transportation",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
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          "_dis": "12 2 2 63 2 2 13 4",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "ref": "1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.",
          "text": "Every transcontinental but two settled on the simple articulated for freight service, and all of them coupled their varnish to the 4-8-4.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "a passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time."
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        [
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          "rail transport"
        ],
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          "passenger train",
          "passenger train"
        ]
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        "(rail transport, US, informal, dated) a passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time."
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        "US",
        "countable",
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-varnish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "vernish"
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "revarnish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varnishable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varnisher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varnishing day"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varnishment"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "vernisch"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English vernisch",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "vernish"
      },
      "expansion": "vernish",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vernis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French vernis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "vernix, veronix"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin vernix, veronix",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gkm",
        "3": "Βερενίκη",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Berenice"
      },
      "expansion": "Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English vernisch, vernish, from Old French vernis, from Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”), a town in Cyrenaica, now called Benghazi.",
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      "form": "varnishes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "varnishing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "varnished",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "varnished",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply varnish."
      ],
      "id": "en-varnish-en-verb-txDLsA67",
      "links": [
        [
          "apply",
          "apply"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To apply varnish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lakiram",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "лакирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "envernissar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "塗漆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "túqí",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "涂漆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "lakata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "vernir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lakis c̣asma",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "ლაქის წასმა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "laḳireba",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "ლაკირება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "lackieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "firnissen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "lakkoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "politúroz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "fényez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "öljytä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "alt": "ぬる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nuru",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "塗る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "wānihi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "vèrni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "lakierować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "envernizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lakirovátʹ",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "лакирова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "lakovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "barnizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "lacar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "lacka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 0 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to apply varnish",
          "word": "verniklemek"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover up with varnish."
      ],
      "id": "en-varnish-en-verb-rQjfSm9G",
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        [
          "cover up",
          "cover up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cover up with varnish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lakiram",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "лакирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "lakata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "laḳireba",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "ლაკირება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "lakkoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "politúroz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "fényez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "öljytä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "lakierować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "envernizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lakirovátʹ",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "лакирова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
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          "roman": "pokryvátʹ lákom",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "покрыва́ть ла́ком"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "nalakovať"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
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          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "zalakovať"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "barnizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "lacar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
          "word": "lacka"
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        }
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        "transitive"
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          "ref": "1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”, in Essays: First Series",
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          "gloss"
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        "(transitive) To gloss over a defect."
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          "_dis1": "1 4 0 94",
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          "roman": "prikrivam",
          "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
          "word": "прикривам"
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          "_dis1": "1 4 0 94",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šeniɣbva",
          "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
          "word": "შენიღბვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 0 94",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šelamazeba",
          "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
          "word": "შელამაზება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 0 94",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daparva",
          "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
          "word": "დაფარვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 0 94",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
          "word": "szépítget"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 0 94",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
          "word": "takargat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 0 94",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
          "word": "kozmetikáz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 0 94",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
          "word": "envernizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 4 0 94",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prikrášivatʹ",
          "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прикра́шивать"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ/"
    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of German translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
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      "word": "desert varnish"
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    {
      "word": "nail varnish"
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      "word": "rock varnish"
    },
    {
      "word": "varnishless"
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      "word": "varnishlike"
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    {
      "word": "varnish tree"
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        "(by extension) A deceptively showy appearance."
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          "ref": "1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "warnīš",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وَرْنِيش"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "lakʻ",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "լաք"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "lak"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "lak",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лак"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "barniś",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "বার্নিশ"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lak",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лак"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "ba:nac",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "ဗားနစ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vernís"
    },
    {
      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "berenih"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīngqī",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "清漆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qī",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "漆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lak"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lak"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "verniso"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "lakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "lakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "vernissa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "laḳi",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "ლაკი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lack"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Firnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vārniś",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "वार्निश"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "lakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "politúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "fénymáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "öljy"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "vernisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vearnais"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vernice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wanisu",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "ワニス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nisu",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "ニス"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かしつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kashitsu",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "仮漆"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "lak",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "лак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "niseu",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "니스"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ot",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "옻"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "banisi",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "바니시"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "lak",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "лак"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laka"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lakas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "varnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lossanagh"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "varnish"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "wānihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ferniss"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ferniss"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vernís"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "vernik",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "ورنیك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "verni",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "ورنی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lakier"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verniz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lac"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lak",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла̏к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lȁk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barniz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lack"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fernissa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "barnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "alyamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "lak",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "лак"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "น้ำมันชักเงา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "vernik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "lak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lak",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лак"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "lak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "vernize"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "sơn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "word": "véc ni"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "farnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "transparent paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "farnais"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glanc",
      "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гланц"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
      "word": "lakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Firnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
      "word": "kence"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
      "word": "lesk"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "anything resembling such a paint",
      "word": "vernize"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lustro",
      "sense": "a deceptively showy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лустро"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a deceptively showy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a deceptively showy appearance",
      "word": "pintakiilto"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a deceptively showy appearance",
      "word": "máz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a deceptively showy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verniz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "varnish"
}

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    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of German translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "revarnish"
    },
    {
      "word": "varnishable"
    },
    {
      "word": "varnisher"
    },
    {
      "word": "varnishing day"
    },
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      "word": "varnishment"
    }
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "vernish"
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "vernix, veronix"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "Βερενίκη",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Berenice"
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      "expansion": "Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English vernisch, vernish, from Old French vernis, from Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”), a town in Cyrenaica, now called Benghazi.",
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      "form": "varnishes",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "varnishing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "varnished",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To apply varnish."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "apply",
          "apply"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To apply varnish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cover up with varnish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cover up",
          "cover up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cover up with varnish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "varnish the report",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make something superficially or deceptively attractive"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make something superficially or deceptively attractive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”, in Essays: First Series",
          "text": "[...] Go love thy infant; love thy wood-chopper: be good-natured and modest: have that grace; and never varnish your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles off. Thy love afar is spite at home.",
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        }
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          "defect",
          "defect"
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        "(transitive) To gloss over a defect."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-varnish.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-varnish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "vernish"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lakiram",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "лакирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "envernissar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "塗漆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "túqí",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "涂漆"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "lakata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "vernir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lakis c̣asma",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "ლაქის წასმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "laḳireba",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "ლაკირება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "lackieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "firnissen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "lakkoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "politúroz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "fényez"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "öljytä"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぬる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nuru",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "塗る"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "wānihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "vèrni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "lakierować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "envernizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lakirovátʹ",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "лакирова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "lakovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "barnizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "lacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "lacka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to apply varnish",
      "word": "verniklemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lakiram",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "лакирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "lakata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "laḳireba",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "ლაკირება"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "lakkoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "politúroz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "fényez"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "öljytä"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "lakierować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "envernizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lakirovátʹ",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "лакирова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokryvátʹ lákom",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "покрыва́ть ла́ком"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "nalakovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "zalakovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "barnizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "lacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cover up with varnish",
      "word": "lacka"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prikrivam",
      "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
      "word": "прикривам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeniɣbva",
      "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
      "word": "შენიღბვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šelamazeba",
      "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
      "word": "შელამაზება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daparva",
      "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
      "word": "დაფარვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
      "word": "szépítget"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
      "word": "takargat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
      "word": "kozmetikáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
      "word": "envernizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prikrášivatʹ",
      "sense": "to gloss over a defect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прикра́шивать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "varnish"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "nail varnish",
      "word": "varnish ingney"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "varnish"
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      "expansion": "English varnish",
      "name": "bor"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "varnish",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "varnishyn",
      "tags": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "10": "",
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      "expansion": "varnish f (genitive singular varnish, plural varnishyn)",
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      "name": "gv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Manx",
  "lang_code": "gv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Manx entries with incorrect language header",
        "Manx feminine nouns",
        "Manx lemmas",
        "Manx nouns",
        "Manx terms borrowed from English",
        "Manx terms derived from English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "varnish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "varnish",
          "varnish#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lossanagh"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: German: (1) __IGNORE__, __IGNORE__",
  "path": [
    "varnish"
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "varnish",
  "trace": ""
}

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