I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
paint/polish/varnish your nails (= to put coloured liquid on your nails )
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Don't paint short nails in dark colours.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
clear
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When the paint has dried, varnish it over with clear nail varnish to keep the colours bright and shiny.
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These are clear varnishes to which either dyestuffs or transparent pigments, or both, have been added.
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This can be prevented by painting the surface of the clean key cap with clear nail varnish .
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It would also be advisable to coat the bogwood with a clear , polyurethane varnish .
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These can be protected by a final coat of clear varnish .
■ NOUN
nail
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When the paint has dried, varnish it over with clear nail varnish to keep the colours bright and shiny.
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Her fingers were stained with dirt, her nail varnish chipped.
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Traces of her red nail varnish , he noticed, could still be seen where her fingertips hadn't been eaten.
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They were slim, pale and elegant, and she wore colourless or pearl nail varnish .
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Her nail varnish was pearly pink.
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This can be prevented by painting the surface of the clean key cap with clear nail varnish .
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As hair gets tied back, so nail varnish comes off and old, stain-absorbing clothes go on.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
paint/nail varnish/stain etc remover
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If they are undamaged remove the polish with nail varnish remover .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Direct sunlight plays havoc with the varnish .
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Like the secret of Stradivari's varnish , this extra dimension defies analysis.
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Old-fashioned amateurs used to admire colours with a golden glow, which conservators have demonstrated were the effect of discoloured varnish .
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Six years ago she had begun stripping the blackened and crazed varnish off the interior woodwork.
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Stick with mastic varnish , then seal with layer of lead foil pressed into wet paint and seal again with lead.
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They were married in a room smelling of varnish and floor wax, and official documents growing musty in the filing cabinets.
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They were slim, pale and elegant, and she wore colourless or pearl nail varnish .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And then he varnishes the whole to a high shine.
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Apply a wood preservative that can be painted over or varnished afterwards.
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He fixed it, varnished and painted it.
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Tongue-and-groove panelling will make a complete transformation: stain it, varnish it or paint it.
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When the paint has dried, varnish it over with clear nail varnish to keep the colours bright and shiny.