| lacquer | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. lacquer | a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish. |
| ~ gum | any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. lacquer | a hard glossy coating. |
| ~ coating, coat | a thin layer covering something.; "a second coat of paint" |
| ~ japan | lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient. |
| v. (creation) | 3. lacquer | coat with lacquer.; "A lacquered box from China" |
| ~ handicraft | a craft that requires skillful hands. |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| ~ japan | coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan. |
| polish | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. burnish, gloss, glossiness, polish | the property of being smooth and shiny. |
| ~ smoothness | a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch.; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board" |
| ~ effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, radiance | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light. |
| ~ french polish | the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac. |
| ~ glaze | a glossy finish on a fabric. |
| n. (state) | 2. cultivation, culture, finish, polish, refinement | a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality.; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art" |
| ~ flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection | the state of being without a flaw or defect. |
| n. (substance) | 3. polish | a preparation used in polishing. |
| ~ formulation, preparation | a substance prepared according to a formula.; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine" |
| ~ blacking, shoe polish | a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear. |
| ~ simoniz | a brand of car polish. |
| n. (communication) | 4. polish | the Slavic language of Poland. |
| ~ slavic, slavic language, slavonic, slavonic language | a branch of the Indo-European family of languages. |
| v. (contact) | 5. polish, shine, smooth, smoothen | make (a surface) shine.; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" |
| ~ beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish | make more beautiful. |
| ~ simonise, simonize | polish with wax.; "The motorcycle has been Simonized" |
| ~ sleek, slick | make slick or smooth. |
| ~ burnish, furbish, buff | polish and make shiny.; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ gloss | give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing. |
| v. (change) | 6. down, fine-tune, polish, refine | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.; "refine one's style of writing" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| ~ over-refine, overrefine | refine too much or with excess of subtlety.; "He is overrefining this matter" |
| ~ civilise, civilize, school, cultivate, educate, train | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" |
| v. (change) | 7. brush up, polish, polish up, round, round off | bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state.; "polish your social manners" |
| ~ perfect, hone | make perfect or complete.; "perfect your French in Paris!" |
| adj. (pertain) | 8. polish | of or relating to Poland or its people or culture.; "Polish sausage" |
| varnish | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. varnish | a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface. |
| ~ coating, coat | a thin layer covering something.; "a second coat of paint" |
| ~ fixative | a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging. |
| ~ shellac varnish, shellac | a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood. |
| v. (contact) | 2. seal, varnish | cover with varnish. |
| ~ coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| ~ shellac, shellack | cover with shellac.; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots" |
| glare | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. blaze, brilliance, glare | a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted.; "a glare of sunlight" |
| ~ brightness | the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white. |
| n. (act) | 2. glare, glower | an angry stare. |
| ~ stare | a fixed look with eyes open wide. |
| n. (state) | 3. glare, limelight, public eye, spotlight | a focus of public attention.; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" |
| ~ prominence | the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent. |
| v. (body) | 4. glare, glower | look at with a fixed gaze.; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her" |
| ~ stare | fixate one's eyes.; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly" |
| v. (weather) | 5. glare | be sharply reflected.; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface" |
| ~ shine, reflect | be bright by reflecting or casting light.; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" |
| v. (perception) | 6. glare | shine intensely.; "The sun glared down on us" |
| ~ beat | glare or strike with great intensity.; "The sun was beating down on us" |
| ~ beam, shine | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light.; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" |
| luster | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendor, splendour | a quality that outshines the usual. |
| ~ brightness | the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. luster, lustre, sheen, shininess | the visual property of something that shines with reflected light. |
| ~ effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, radiance | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. luster, lustre | a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain. |
| ~ glaze | a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.. |
| shine | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light. |
| ~ brightness | the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white. |
| ~ gleam, lambency, gleaming, glow | an appearance of reflected light. |
| ~ sheen, shininess, luster, lustre | the visual property of something that shines with reflected light. |
| ~ burnish, glossiness, polish, gloss | the property of being smooth and shiny. |
| v. (weather) | 2. reflect, shine | be bright by reflecting or casting light.; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" |
| ~ resplend | be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly.; "The Queen's garments resplended in velvet and jewels" |
| ~ glare | be sharply reflected.; "The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface" |
| ~ opalesce | reflect light or colors like an opal.; "Distant clouds opalesce like pale brocade"; "raindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesce" |
| ~ luminesce | be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence. |
| ~ coruscate, sparkle, scintillate | reflect brightly.; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" |
| ~ give out, emit, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc..; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" |
| v. (weather) | 3. beam, shine | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light.; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" |
| ~ beat down | shine hard.; "The sun beat down on the hikers" |
| ~ beacon | shine like a beacon. |
| ~ glare | shine intensely.; "The sun glared down on us" |
| ~ flame, flare | shine with a sudden light.; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment" |
| ~ outshine | shine brighter than.; "What star outshines the sun?" |
| ~ shimmer | shine with a weak or fitful light.; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight" |
| ~ flicker, flick | shine unsteadily.; "The candle flickered" |
| ~ blaze | shine brightly and intensively.; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere" |
| ~ winkle, twinkle, scintillate | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner.; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" |
| ~ burn, glow | shine intensely, as if with heat.; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning" |
| v. (perception) | 4. gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, shine | be shiny, as if wet.; "His eyes were glistening" |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| ~ spangle | glitter as if covered with spangles. |
| ~ shimmer | give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk. |
| v. (stative) | 5. shine | be distinguished or eminent.; "His talent shines" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 6. shine | be clear and obvious.; "A shining example" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (perception) | 7. beam, glow, radiate, shine | have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink.; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| v. (weather) | 8. shine | throw or flash the light of (a lamp).; "Shine the light on that window, please" |
| ~ beam, shine | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light.; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" |
| v. (stative) | 9. fall, shine, strike | touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (emotion) | 10. beam, glow, radiate, shine | experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion.; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
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