buff

buff ¹  (bf)

n.

1. A soft, thick, undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, elk, or oxen.

2. A military uniform coat made of such leather.

3. A pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange-yellow to light yellowish brown.

4. Informal Bare skin: swimming in the buff.

5. A piece of soft material, such as velvet or leather, often mounted on a block and used for polishing.

adj.

1. Made or formed of buff: a buff jacket.

2. Of the color buff.

3. buff·er, buff·est Slang Having good muscle tone; physically fit and trim: buff athletes lifting weights at the gym.

tr.v. buffed, buff·ing, buffs

1. To polish or shine with a piece of soft material.

2. To soften the surface of (leather) by raising a nap.

3. To make the color of buff.

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[From obsolete buffle, buffalo, from French buffle, from Late Latin bfalus; see buffalo.]

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buff ²  (bf)

n. Informal

One who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a subject: a Civil War buff.

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[From the buff-colored uniform worn by New York volunteer firemen around 1920, originally applied to an enthusiast of fires and firefighting.]

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buff¹

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning)

a.  a soft thick flexible undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, oxen, and elk

b.  (as modifier) a buff coat

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  a dull yellow or yellowish-brown colour

b.  (as adjective) buff paint

3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Also called buffer

a.  a cloth or pad of material used for polishing an object

b.  a flexible disc or wheel impregnated with a fine abrasive for polishing metals, etc., with a power tool

4. Informal one's bare skin (esp in the phrase in the buff)

vb

1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) to clean or polish (a metal, floor, shoes, etc.) with a buff

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) to remove the grain surface of (a leather)

adj

US informal in a condition of high physical fitness and body tone, maintained by regular exercise

[from Old French buffle, from Old Italian bufalo, from Late Latin būfalus buffalo]

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buff²

vb

(tr) to deaden the force of

n

Archaic a blow or buffet (now only in the phrase blind man's buff)

[back formation from buffet²]

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buff³

n

Informal an expert on or devotee of a given subject a cheese buff

[originally US: an enthusiastic fire watcher, from the buff-coloured uniforms worn by volunteer firemen in New York City]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	buff - an ardent follower and admirer       devotee, lover, fan followers, following - a group of followers or enthusiasts aerophile - a lover of aviation aficionado - a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer amorist - one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love bacchanal, bacchant - a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another groupie - an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around) metalhead - a fan of heavy metal music
	2.	buff - a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
	3.	buff - bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff" cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
	4.	buff - a medium to dark tan color           caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown, caramel brown, brownness - an orange of low brightness and saturation snuff-color, snuff-colour - dark yellowish brown
	5.	buff - an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) buffer implement - instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
Verb	1.	buff - strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" buffet hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
	2.	buff - polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" burnish, furbish polish, smooth, smoothen, shine - make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
Adj.	1.	buff - of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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buff¹

adjective

fawn, cream, tan, beige, yellowish, ecru, straw-coloured, sand-coloured, yellowish-brown, biscuit-coloured, camel-coloured, oatmeal-coloured a buff envelope

verb

polish, clean, smooth, brush, shine, rub, wax, brighten, burnish He was already buffing the car's hubs.

in the buff naked, bare, nude, in the raw (informal), unclothed, in the altogether (informal), buck naked (slang), unclad, in your birthday suit (informal), scuddy (slang), without a stitch on (informal), with bare skin, in the bare scud (slang) My character had to appear in the buff for some scenes. see shades of brown, shades of yellow

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buff²

noun (Informal) expert, fan, addict, enthusiast, freak (informal), admirer, whizz (informal), devotee, connoisseur, boffin (Brit. informal), fiend (informal), grandmaster, hotshot (informal), aficionado, wonk (informal), maven (U.S.) fundi (S. African) She is a real film buff.

Translations

buff¹ [bʌf]

A. ADJ [colour] → de color de ante

B. N → piel f de ante
in the buff → en cueros

C. VT (also buff up) → lustrar, pulir

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buff² [bʌf] N → aficionado/a m/f, entusiasta mf
film buff → cinéfilo/a m/f

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buff [ˈbʌf]

adj → (couleur f) chamois m
a buff envelope → une enveloppe administrative

n (= enthusiast) → mordu(e) m/f

vt (= polish) [+ nails, shoes, metal] → polir

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buff¹

n

(= leather) → (kräftiges, weiches) Leder

in the buff → nackt, im Adams-/Evaskostüm (hum)

(= polishing disc) → Schwabbelscheibe f (spec), → Polierscheibe f; (= cylinder) → Schwabbelwalze f (spec)

(= colour) → Gelbbraun nt

adj

→ ledern, Leder-

(colour) → gelbbraun

vt metal → polieren

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buff²

n (inf: = movie/theatre etc buff) → Fan m (inf)

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buff¹ [bʌf]

1. adj (colour) → color paglierino inv or camoscio inv

2. vt (also buff up) → lucidare, lustrare

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buff¹ [bʌf]

1. adj (colour) → color paglierino inv or camoscio inv

2. vt (also buff up) → lucidare, lustrare

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buff² [bʌf] n (fam) (enthusiast) → patito/a, appassionato/a

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buff² [bʌf] n (fam) (enthusiast) → patito/a, appassionato/a

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buff

n buff [baf]

a dull yellow colour. dofgeel لَوْنٌ أصْفَر بُرْتُقالي бледожълтеникав цвят žlutohnědá barva brungul lederfarben μουντό κίτρινο χρώμα color de ante tuhmkollane زرد مایل به قهوه ای keltainen väri chamois צָהוֹב עָמוּם भैंस आदि का चमड़ा žućkasta boja barnássárga szín kuning kusam (color) camoscio 黄褐色 황갈색 tamsiai geltona spalva dzeltenbrūna krāsa kuning pucat vaalgeel brungult ciemnożółty amarelado galben închis светло-жёлтый цвет svetložltá farba svetlo rumena svetla mrkožuta boja mattgul (brungul) färg สีน้ำตาลอมเหลือง deve tüyü rengi 淺黃色 буро-жовтий колір پھیکا زرد رنگ màu nâu sẫm 浅黄色

adj

a buff envelope. dofgeel, vaalbruin اصْفَر، بُرْتُقالي اللوْن бледожълтеникав žlutohnědý brungul lederfarben ωχροκίτρινος de color de ante tuhmkollane زرد رنگ؛ چرمی kellertävä chamois בְּצֵבָע צָהוֹב עָמוּם बादामी žućkast bivalybőr kuning camosciato, scamosciato; color camoscio 黄褐色の 황갈색의 tamsiai geltonas dzeltenbrūns sampul surat buf vaalgeel brungul ciemnożółty amarelado galben închis светло-жёлтый svetložltý svetlo rumen svetlo mrkožut mattgul, brungul ที่มีสีน้ำตาลอมเหลือง soluk sarı; deve tüyü 淺黃色的 буро-жовтий زرد رنگ کا có màu nâu sẫm 浅黄色的