Definitions of Buff [ʌf]

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Definition of 'Buff'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) buff
a soft, thick, light yellow leather with a napped surface, orig. made from buffalo skin.

2.  buff
a brownish yellow color; tan.

3.  buff
a stick, block, or wheel covered with leather or other soft material, used for polishing.

4.  buff
a devotee or well-informed student of some activity or subject:
Civil War buffs.

5.  buff
Informal. the bare skin:
in the buff.

6.  buff
a short coat of buffalo or ox leather, worn esp. by English soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries.

7. (adj.) buff
of the color buff.

8.  buff
made of buff leather.

9. (v.t.) buff
to clean, polish, or shine with or as if with a buff.

10.  buff
to create a velvety surface on (leather), as by abrasion.

Etymology: (1545–55; earlier buffe wild ox, back formation from buffle < MF < LL būfalus; see buffalo ; (def.

Definition of 'Buff'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) fan, buff, devotee, lover
an ardent follower and admirer

2. (noun) buff
a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen

3. (noun) buff
bare skin; naked
"swimming in the buff"

4. (noun) yellowish brown, raw sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown
a medium to dark tan color

5. (adj) buff, buffer
an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

6. (verb) buff
of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

7. (verb) buffet, buff
strike, beat repeatedly
"The wind buffeted him"

8. (verb) buff, burnish, furbish
polish and make shiny
"buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"

Definition of 'Buff'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) buff
sb who loves an activity; = enthusiast
a film/wine buff

Definition of 'Buff'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Buff
a wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc

2. (adj) Buff
the bare skin; as, to strip to the buff

3. (adj) Buff
made of buff leather

4. (adj) Buff
of the color of buff

5. (adj) Buff
firm; sturdy

6. (noun) Buff
a sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner

7. (noun) Buff
the color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown

8. (noun) Buff
a military coat, made of buff leather

9. (noun) Buff
the grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a

10. (noun) Buff
a buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."

11. (verb) Buff
to polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5

12. (verb) Buff
to strike

Translation of 'Buff'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a dull yellow colour.
Afrikaans: dofgeel	Arabic: لَوْنٌ أصْفَر بُرْتُقالي	Bulgarian: бледожълтеникав цвят
Brazilian: amarelado	Czech: žlutohnědá barva	German: lederfarben
Danish: brungul	Greek: μουντό κίτρινο χρώμα	Spanish: color de ante
Estonian: tuhmkollane	Farsi: زرد مایل به قهوه ای	Finnish: keltainen väri
French: chamois	Hebrew: צָהוֹב עָמוּם	Hindi: भैंस आदि का चमड़ा
Croatian: žućkasta boja	Hungarian: barnássárga szín	Indonesian: kuning kusam
Italian: (color) camoscio	Japanese: 黄褐色	Korean: 황갈색
Lithuanian: tamsiai geltona spalva	Latvian: dzeltenbrūna krāsa	Malay: kuning pucat
Dutch: vaalgeel	Norwegian: brungult	Polish: ciemnożółty
Persian: زرد مایل به قهوه ای	Pashto: ژیړنسواری ته ورته	Portuguese: amarelado
Romanian: galbenînchis	Russian: светло-жёлтый цвет	Slovak: svetložltá farba
Slovenian: svetlo rumena	Serbian: svetla mrkožuta boja	Swedish: mattgul (brungul) färg
Thai: สีน้ำตาลอมเหลือง	Turkish: deve tüyü rengi	Taiwanese: 淺黃色
Ukrainian: буро-жовтий колір	Urdu: پھیکا زرد رنگ	Vietnamese: màu nâu sẫm
Chinese: 浅黄色	Afrikaans: dofgeel, vaalbruin	Arabic: اصْفَر، بُرْتُقالي اللوْن
Bulgarian: бледожълтеникав	Brazilian: amarelado	Czech: žlutohnědý
German: lederfarben	Danish: brungul	Greek: ωχροκίτρινος
Spanish: de color de ante	Estonian: tuhmkollane	Farsi: زرد رنگ؛ چرمی
Finnish: kellertävä	French: chamois	Hebrew: בְּצֵבָע צָהוֹב עָמוּם
Hindi: बादामी	Croatian: žućkast	Hungarian: bivalybőr
Indonesian: kuning	Italian: camosciato, scamosciato;	Japanese: 黄褐色の
Korean: 황갈색의	Lithuanian: tamsiai geltonas	Latvian: dzeltenbrūns
Malay: sampul surat buf	Dutch: vaalgeel	Norwegian: brungul
Polish: ciemnożółty	Persian: زرد رنگ؛ چرمی	Pashto: ژیړ رنګ، چرمی
Portuguese: amarelado	Romanian: galbenînchis	Russian: светло-жёлтый
Slovak: svetložltý	Slovenian: svetlo rumen	Serbian: svetlo mrkožut
Swedish: mattgul, brungul	Thai: ที่มีสีน้ำตาลอมเหลือง	Turkish: soluk sarı; deve tüyü
Taiwanese: 淺黃色的	Ukrainian: буро-жовтий	Urdu: زرد رنگ کا
Vietnamese: có màu nâu sẫm	Chinese: 浅黄色的
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