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veneer
English
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 *frumjan? (“to further, promote”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan, frummen (“to accomplish, execute, provide”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at furnish.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /v??ni?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): [v??ni???]
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
veneer (countable and uncountable, plural veneers)
- A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
- An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings.
- 2014 December 5, "Joy From the World," The New York Times Magazine (retrieved 6 December 2014):
- “Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer.”
- 2014 December 5, "Joy From the World," The New York Times Magazine (retrieved 6 December 2014):
Derived terms
- brick veneer
Translations
Verb
veneer (third-person singular simple present veneers, present participle veneering, simple past and past participle veneered)
- (transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.
- (transitive, figuratively) To disguise with apparent goodness.
Translations
Anagrams
- Vereen, enerve, evener
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surface
English
Etymology
From French surface.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s??f?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s??f?s/
Noun
surface (plural surfaces)
- The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (figuratively) Outward or external appearance.
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].
- (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
- (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Stocqueler to this entry?)
Synonyms
- overside
- superfice (archaic)
Derived terms
Related terms
- surficial
Translations
Verb
surface (third-person singular simple present surfaces, present participle surfacing, simple past and past participle surfaced)
- (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
- (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- (transitive) To bring to the surface.
- 2007, Patrick Valentine, The Sage of Aquarius (page 182)
- Sage went immediately to work; Damien surfaced the submarine and readied the group to meet outside the hatch.
- 2007, Patrick Valentine, The Sage of Aquarius (page 182)
- (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
- (transitive) To make information or facts known.
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
- (intransitive) To appear or be found.
Translations
French
Etymology
sur- +? face, calque of Latin superficies.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy?.fas/
- Homophones: surfaces, surfacent
Noun
surface f (plural surfaces)
- surface
Derived terms
Further reading
- “surface” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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