bur·nish (bûr n sh)tr.v. bur·nished, bur·nish·ing, bur·nish·es 1. To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish. 2. To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish. n. A smooth glossy finish or appearance; luster. [Middle English burnishen, from Old French burnir, burniss-, variant of brunir, from brun, shining, of Germanic origin; see bher-2 in Indo-European roots.] bur nish·er n. |
burnish
Verb
to make or become shiny or smooth by friction; polish [Old French brunir to make brown]
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| Noun | 1. |  burnish - the property of being smooth and shinysmoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board" radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, effulgence, radiance - the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light French polish - the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac glaze - a glossy finish on a fabric |
| Verb | 1. | burnish - polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" |
burnish
Translations
v burnish [ˈbəːniʃ]
to make (metal) bright by polishing They burnished the silver. poets يَصْقُلُ، يُلَمِّعُ المَعادِن полирам leštit polere; pudse polieren γυαλίζω (συν. μέταλλα) pulir läikima hõõruma جلا دادن؛ صیقل دادن kiillottaa polir לְלַטֵש चमकाना, माजना, झलकाना ulaštiti fényesre csiszol memoles fægja lucidare みがく 닦다 (nu)blizginti, (nu)poliruoti pulēt; spodrināt penggilap polijsten polere, blankslipe polerować polir a şlefui полировать leštiť loščiti polirati göra blank, polera ขัดเงา parlatmak, cilalamak 擦亮 чистити, полірувати چمکنا ، چمکانا ، صیقل کرنا đánh bóng 擦亮
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