wash β to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
adorn β If something adorns a place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful.
blacken β To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
blush β When you blush, your face becomes redder than usual because you are ashamed or embarrassed.
burn β If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
chalk β Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.
crayon β A crayon is a pencil containing coloured wax or clay, or a rod of coloured wax used for drawing.
crimson β Something that is crimson is deep red in colour.
daub β When you daub a substance such as mud or paint on something, you spread it on that thing in a rough or careless way.
emblazon β Conspicuously inscribe or display (a design) on something.
flush β a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
fresco β A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.
gild β to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
gloss β an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
imbue β to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
lacquer β a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
pigment β a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
coat β A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
rub β to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
buff β Something that is buff is pale brown in colour.
burnish β To burnish the image of someone or something means to improve their image.
furbish β to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
nickel β Chemistry. a hard, silvery-white, ductile and malleable metallic element, allied to iron and cobalt, not readily oxidized: used chiefly in alloys, in electroplating, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis. Symbol: Ni; atomic weight: 58.71; atomic number: 28; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20Β°C.
platinize β to coat or plate with metallic platinum.
scale β a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
silver β consisting of, made of, or plated with silver.
stratify β to form or place in strata or layers.
decorate β If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.