to revarnish

Examples

• All

• Sacconi reported locating a Stradivari violin that had been revarnished with a modern finish.

  Academic text (1994)

• He spent hours imagining boats, revarnishing and repainting the woodwork, overhauling the engine in the cooked odors of a clean bilge.

  Fiction book (1993)

• To restore the antique table's shine, he decided to revarnish it with a fresh layer of varnish.

• After years of wear, she chose to revarnish the wooden chairs to enhance their appearance.

Synonyms

R

to refinish

vsto revarnish

10 6.1

Make furniture or floors look new by removing old paint and putting on new paint

adds a new clear protective finish without stripping the old layer

L

to lacquer

vsto revarnish

8 6.4

To cover something with a hard shiny coating to protect it and make it shine

adds a new clear protective finish layer rather than a specific glossy product

V

to varnish

vsto revarnish

3 4.2

To put a clear hard shiny layer on wood to protect it and make it shine

applies a new clear protective finish as an added layer to restore appearance

R

to recoat

vsto revarnish

1 3.5

To put a new layer of paint or finish on something already painted

applies a new clear protective finish specifically to restore wood surfaces

Antonyms

S

to strip

129 2.7

Remove all covering or contents from an object so it is left bare

How Restored

to refinish

10 6.1

to revarnish

1 4.1

to touch up

26 3.8

to clean

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology