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1. (v.t.) burnish
to polish (a surface) by friction.
2. burnish
to make smooth and bright, esp. by rubbing with a tool.
3. (n.) burnish
brightness; luster.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < AF burniss-, MF bruniss- (long s. of burnir,brunir to darken, polish) <brun-brown)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
the property of being smooth and shiny
2. (verb) buff, burnish, furbish
polish and make shiny
"buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
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| Definition of 'burnish' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) burnish
to cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper
2. (noun) burnish
the effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster
3. (verb) burnish
to shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large
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Sense: to make (metal) bright by polishing
They burnished the silver.
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 Afrikaans: poets |
 Arabic: يَصْقُلُ، يُلَمِّعُ المَع |
 Bulgarian: полирам |
 Brazilian: polir |
 Czech: leštit |
 German: polieren |
 Danish: polere; pudse |
 Greek: γυαλίζω (συν. μέταλλα) |
 Spanish: pulir |
 Estonian: läikima hõõruma |
 Farsi: جلا دادن؛ صیقل دادن |
 Finnish: kiillottaa |
 French: polir |
 Hebrew: לְלַטֵש |
 Hindi: चमकाना, माजना, झलकाना |
 Croatian: ulaštiti |
 Hungarian: fényesre csiszol |
 Indonesian: memoles |
 Icelandic: fægja |
 Italian: lucidare |
 Japanese: みがく |
 Korean: 광내다 |
 Lithuanian: (nu)blizginti, (nu)poliru |
 Latvian: pulēt; spodrināt |
 Malay: penggilap |
 Dutch: polijsten |
 Norwegian: polere, blankslipe |
 Polish: polerować |
 Persian: جلا دادن؛ صیقل دادن |
 Pashto: ځلا ورکول ، صیقل کول |
 Portuguese: polir |
 Romanian: aşlefui |
 Russian: полировать |
 Slovak: leštiť |
 Slovenian: loščiti |
 Serbian: polirati |
 Swedish: göra blank, polera |
 Thai: ขัดเงา |
 Turkish: parlatmak, cilalamak |
 Taiwanese: 擦亮 |
 Ukrainian: чистити, полірувати |
 Urdu: چمکنا ، چمکانا ، صیقل کرن |
 Vietnamese: đánh bóng |
 Chinese: 擦亮 |
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