"veneer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /vəˈnɪɹ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-veneer.ogg [US] Forms: veneers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish”), from Old Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Furnier}} German Furnier, {{m|de|furnieren||to inlay, cover with a veneer}} furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), {{der|en|fr|fournir||to furnish, accomplish}} French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), {{der|en|frm|fornir}} Middle French fornir, {{der|en|fro|fornir}} Old French fornir, {{m|fro|furnir||to furnish}} furnir (“to furnish”), {{der|en|frk||frumjan|to provide}} Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*frumjaną||to further, promote}} Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), {{cog|goh|frumjan}} Old High German frumjan, {{m|goh|frummen||to accomplish, execute, provide}} frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), {{cog|ang|fremian||to promote, perform}} Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”), {{m|en|furnish}} furnish Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} veneer (countable and uncountable, plural veneers)
  1. A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (thin covering of fine wood): фурнир (furnir) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fullola [feminine] (Catalan), dýha [feminine] (Czech), finer [common-gender] (Danish), fineer [neuter] (Dutch), furniro (Esperanto), viilu (Finnish), placage [masculine] (French), ფანერა (panera) (Georgian), ფირფიცარი (pirpicari) (Georgian), ჭიქურა (č̣ikura) (Georgian), სარკალა (sarḳala) (Georgian), Furnier [neuter] (German), Verblendung [feminine] (German), επικόλλημα (epikóllima) [neuter] (Greek), פורניר [masculine] (Hebrew), परत (parat) [feminine] (Hindi), furnér (Hungarian), furnérlemez (Hungarian), veinír [feminine] (Irish), impiallacciatura (Italian), rivestimento decorativo [masculine] (Italian), aachrackan [masculine] (Manx), aachoodagh [masculine] (Manx), papa tīhore (Maori), finér [masculine] (Norwegian), روکش روکش چوبی (Persian), fornir [masculine] (Polish), folheado [masculine] (Portuguese), lâmina de madeira [feminine] (Portuguese), шпон (špon) [masculine] (Russian), односло́йная фане́ра (odnoslójnaja fanéra) [feminine] (Russian), фурнир [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), оплатица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), furnir [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), oplatica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dyha [feminine] (Slovak), chapa [feminine] (Spanish), chapa de madera [feminine] (Spanish), chapeado [masculine] (Spanish), contrachapado [masculine] (Spanish), faner [neuter] (Swedish), ağaç kaplama (Turkish), ahşap kaplama (Turkish), kaplama tahtası (Turkish), argaen [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-veneer-en-noun-4u1BDntc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 33 7 Disambiguation of 'thin covering of fine wood': 91 9
  2. An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (covering or disguising appearance): облицовка (oblicovka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vernís (Catalan), fasáda [feminine] (Czech), vnější lesk [masculine] (Czech), vnější nátěr [masculine] (Czech), julkisivu (Finnish), vernis [masculine] (French), დაფარვა (daparva) (Georgian), გარეგნობის მიცემა (garegnobis micema) (Georgian), Fassade [feminine] (German), επικόλλημα (epikóllima) [neuter] (Greek), επίχρισμα (epíchrisma) [neuter] (Greek), επίφαση (epífasi) (english: metaphorical) [feminine] (Greek), दिखावा (dikhāvā) [masculine] (Hindi), नुमाइश (numāiś) [feminine] (Hindi), máz (Hungarian), felszín (Hungarian), külső (Hungarian), külszín (Hungarian), látszat (Hungarian), küllem (Hungarian), facciata [feminine] (Italian), mascheratura [feminine] (Italian), copertura [feminine] (Italian), dissimulazione [feminine] (Italian), ferniss [neuter] (Norwegian), вне́шний лоск (vnéšnij losk) [masculine] (Russian), налёт (naljót) (note: somewhat) [masculine] (Russian), показу́ха (pokazúxa) [colloquial, feminine, informal] (Russian), ви́димость (vídimostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), barniz [masculine] (Spanish), fasad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-veneer-en-noun-885h9MNn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 33 7 Disambiguation of 'covering or disguising appearance': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brick veneer, veneer moth, veneer saw, veneer theory

Verb

IPA: /vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /vəˈnɪɹ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-veneer.ogg [US] Forms: veneers [present, singular, third-person], veneering [participle, present], veneered [participle, past], veneered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish”), from Old Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Furnier}} German Furnier, {{m|de|furnieren||to inlay, cover with a veneer}} furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), {{der|en|fr|fournir||to furnish, accomplish}} French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), {{der|en|frm|fornir}} Middle French fornir, {{der|en|fro|fornir}} Old French fornir, {{m|fro|furnir||to furnish}} furnir (“to furnish”), {{der|en|frk||frumjan|to provide}} Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*frumjaną||to further, promote}} Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), {{cog|goh|frumjan}} Old High German frumjan, {{m|goh|frummen||to accomplish, execute, provide}} frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), {{cog|ang|fremian||to promote, perform}} Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”), {{m|en|furnish}} furnish Head templates: {{en-verb}} veneer (third-person singular simple present veneers, present participle veneering, simple past and past participle veneered)
  1. (transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Woodworking Translations (to apply veneer): фурнировам (furnirovam) (Bulgarian), envernissar (Catalan), recobrir (Catalan), revestir (Catalan), dýhovat [imperfective] (Czech), odýhovat [perfective] (Czech), finere (Danish), plaki (Esperanto), viiluttaa (Finnish), vernir (French), furnieren (German), verblenden (German), επικολλώ (epikolló) (Greek), επιχρίω (epichrío) (Greek), impiallacciare (Italian), rivestire (Italian), ricoprire (Italian), mascherare (Italian), cur aachrackan er (Manx), folhear (Portuguese), облицовывать (oblicovyvatʹ) (Russian), придава́ть вне́шний лоск (pridavátʹ vnéšnij losk) (Russian), маскировать (maskirovatʹ) (Russian), chapar (Spanish), chapear (Spanish), enchapar (Spanish), fanera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-veneer-en-verb-bv0v~PP~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 33 7 Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking Disambiguation of 'to apply veneer': 98 2
  2. (transitive, figurative) To disguise with apparent goodness. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-veneer-en-verb-KRBxFZp-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: scumble

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          "code": "ka",
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          "word": "სარკალა"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "furnérlemez"
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "word": "impiallacciatura"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
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          "word": "rivestimento decorativo"
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          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
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          "code": "gv",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "word": "papa tīhore"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "finér"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "word": "روکش روکش چوبی"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fornir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "folheado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "lâmina de madeira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "špon",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шпон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "odnoslójnaja fanéra",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "односло́йная фане́ра"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фурнир"
        },
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "оплатица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "furnir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oplatica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dyha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chapa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chapa de madera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chapeado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contrachapado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "faner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "word": "ağaç kaplama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
          "word": "ahşap kaplama"
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          "word": "rivestire"
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          "sense": "to apply veneer",
          "word": "folhear"
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          "word": "облицовывать"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fullola"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "dýha"
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      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "furniro"
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      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "viilu"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "panera",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "ფანერა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pirpicari",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "ფირფიცარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣ikura",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "ჭიქურა"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sarḳala",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "სარკალა"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Furnier"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verblendung"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epikóllima",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "επικόλλημα"
    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פורניר"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "parat",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "परत"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "furnér"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "furnérlemez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veinír"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "impiallacciatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rivestimento decorativo"
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      "code": "gv",
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      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
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      ],
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "papa tīhore"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "finér"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "روکش روکش چوبی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fornir"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folheado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lâmina de madeira"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špon",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odnoslójnaja fanéra",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "односло́йная фане́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фурнир"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оплатица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "furnir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oplatica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dyha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chapa de madera"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chapeado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrachapado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "faner"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "ağaç kaplama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "ahşap kaplama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "word": "kaplama tahtası"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "thin covering of fine wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "argaen"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oblicovka",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "облицовка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "word": "vernís"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fasáda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vnější nátěr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "word": "julkisivu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daparva",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "word": "დაფარვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "garegnobis micema",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "word": "გარეგნობის მიცემა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fassade"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "epikóllima",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "επικόλλημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "epíchrisma",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "επίχρισμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "metaphorical",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epífasi",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επίφαση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dikhāvā",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "दिखावा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "word": "máz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "word": "felszín"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "word": "külső"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "word": "külszín"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "word": "látszat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "word": "küllem"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "facciata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mascheratura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "copertura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dissimulazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ferniss"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vnéšnij losk",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "вне́шний лоск"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "naljót",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "налёт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokazúxa",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "показу́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vídimostʹ",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́димость"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "covering or disguising appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barniz"
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      "code": "sv",
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "fournir",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to furnish, accomplish"
      },
      "expansion": "French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "fornir"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French fornir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "fornir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French fornir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "furnir",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to furnish"
      },
      "expansion": "furnir (“to furnish”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "",
        "4": "frumjan",
        "5": "to provide"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish frumjan (“to provide”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frumjaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to further, promote"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "frumjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German frumjan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "frummen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to accomplish, execute, provide"
      },
      "expansion": "frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fremian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to promote, perform"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "furnish"
      },
      "expansion": "furnish",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German Furnier, from furnieren (“to inlay, cover with a veneer”), from French fournir (“to furnish, accomplish”), from Middle French fornir, from Old French fornir, furnir (“to furnish”), from Old Frankish frumjan (“to provide”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "veneers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veneering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veneered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veneered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "veneer (third-person singular simple present veneers, present participle veneering, simple past and past participle veneered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Woodworking"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 36",
          "text": "The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply veneer to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woodworking",
          "woodworking"
        ],
        [
          "veneer",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "business",
        "carpentry",
        "construction",
        "crafts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "manufacturing",
        "woodworking"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disguise with apparent goodness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disguise",
          "disguise#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "apparent",
          "apparent"
        ],
        [
          "goodness",
          "goodness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To disguise with apparent goodness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vəˈnɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-veneer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/En-us-veneer.ogg/En-us-veneer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/En-us-veneer.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "furnirovam",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "фурнировам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "envernissar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "recobrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "revestir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dýhovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odýhovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "finere"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "plaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "viiluttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "vernir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "furnieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "verblenden"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epikolló",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "επικολλώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epichrío",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "επιχρίω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "impiallacciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "rivestire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "ricoprire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "mascherare"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "cur aachrackan er"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "folhear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oblicovyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "облицовывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pridavátʹ vnéšnij losk",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "придава́ть вне́шний лоск"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "maskirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "маскировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "chapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "chapear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "enchapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to apply veneer",
      "word": "fanera"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "veneer"
  ],
  "word": "veneer"
}

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