burnish (redirected from burnishes)

bur·nish  (bûrnsh)

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.

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[Middle English burnishen, from Old French burnir, burniss-, variant of brunir, from brun, shining, of Germanic origin; see bher-² in Indo-European roots.]

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burnish·er n.

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burnish [ˈbɜːnɪʃ]

vb

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) to make or become shiny or smooth by friction; polish

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a shiny finish; lustre

[C14 burnischen, from Old French brunir to make brown, from brun brown]

burnishable  adj

burnisher  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	burnish - the property of being smooth and shiny glossiness, polish, gloss smoothness - 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" furbish, buff polish, smooth, smoothen, shine - make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"

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burnish

verb

1. improve, enhance, brighten, refine, cultivate, brush up, touch up, emend The company badly needs a president who can burnish its image.

2. polish, shine, buff, brighten, rub up, furbish His shoes were burnished, his shirt perfectly pressed.
polish scratch, graze, scuff, abrade

Translations

burnish [ˈbɜːnɪʃ] VT

1. [+ metal] → bruñir

2. (fig) [+ image] → mejorar

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burnish [ˈbɜː^rnɪʃ] vt → polir

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burnish

vt metal → polieren; (fig) image → aufpolieren

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burnish [ˈbɜːnɪʃ] vt → brunire

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burnish

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 광내다 (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