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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Leatherette, Leatheroid, Maecenas, abettor, adherent, admirer, advocate, aficionado, amateur, angel, apologist, appendage, applauder, appreciator, attendant, attender, audience, aureate, auric, authority, backer, bareness, beige, birthday suit, booster, buff-yellow, bug, burnish, canary, canary-yellow, cavaliere servente, champion, citron, citron-yellow, claqueur, coat, collector, commender, connoisseur, courtier, crank, cream, creamy, critic, cuticle, dangler, decollete, defender, dependence, dependent, dermis, devotee, dilettante, disciple, dress, ecdysiast, ecru, encomiast, encourager, endorser, energumen, enthusiast, eulogist, eulogizer, expert, exponent, extoller, fallow, fan, fanatic, fanatico, fancier, favorer, fell, finish, flaxen, fleece, flesh, flunky, follower, following, freak, frequenter, friend at court, fur, furbish, furring, gilded, gilt, glance, glaze, gloss, gold, gold-colored, golden, groupie, gymnosophist, gymnosophy, habitue, hanger-on, haunter, henchman, hide, homme de cour, hound, idolater, idolizer, imitation fur, imitation leather, infatuate, integument, jacket, lauder, leather, leather paper, leathern, leathery, lemon, lemon-yellow, lover, lunatic fringe, luster, luteolous, lutescent, mainstay, maintainer, monomaniac, nakedness, naturism, naturist, not a stitch, nudism, nudist, nudity, nut, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, or, outer layer, outer skin, panegyrist, paranymph, parasite, partisan, patron, pelt, peltry, plugger, polish, praiser, primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, promoter, protagonist, public, puffer, pundit, pursuer, pursuivant, rawhide, reliance, rind, rooter, rub, rub up, saffron, saffron-colored, saffron-yellow, sallow, sand, sand-colored, sandblast, sandpaper, sandy, satellite, savant, scholar, scour, second, seconder, sectary, shadow, sheath, shine, sider, skin, skins, sleek, slick, slick down, smooth, specialist, spectator, sponsor, stalwart, standby, state of nature, stooge, straw, straw-colored, stripper, stripteaser, successor, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, tagtail, tail, technical expert, technician, tegument, the altogether, the nude, the raw, theatergoer, toplessness, tout, touter, trainbearer, upholder, vair, varnish, visitor, votary, ward heeler, wax, well-wisher, worshiper, xanthic, xanthous, yellow, yellowish, zealot
Dictionary Results for buff:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
buff
    adj 1: of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
    n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff,
         devotee, lover]
    2: a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or
       oxen
    3: bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"
    4: a medium to dark tan color [syn: yellowish brown, raw
       sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown]
    5: an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block;
       used for polishing (as in manicuring) [syn: buff, buffer]
    v 1: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn:
         buffet, buff]
    2: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
       shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Buff \Buff\, a. [Of uncertain etymol.]
   Firm; sturdy.
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         And for the good old cause stood buff,
         'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff.     --Hudibras.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Buff \Buff\, a.
   1. Made of buff leather. --Goldsmith.
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   2. Of the color of buff.
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   Buff coat, a close, military outer garment, with short
      sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo
      skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by
      soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering.

   Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward,
      one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] --Nares.

   Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff
      leather, used in polishing.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Buff \Buff\ (b[u^]f), n. [OE. buff, buffe, buff, buffalo, F.
   buffle buffalo. See Buffalo.]
   1. 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. "A suit
      of buff." --Shak.
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   2. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink,
      gray, or brown.
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            A visage rough,
            Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. --Dryden.
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   3. A military coat, made of buff leather. --Shak.
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   4. (Med.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy
      coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
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   5. (Mech.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in
      polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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   6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.]
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            To be in buff is equivalent to being naked.
                                                  --Wright.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Buff \Buff\, v. t.
   to polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a
   buff[5]. See Buff, n., 5.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Buff \Buff\, v. t. [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a
   blow.]
   To strike. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Buff \Buff\, n. [See Buffet.]
   A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase
   "Blindman's buff." See blindman's buff.
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         Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent
         That made him reel.                      --Spenser.
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8. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
colorful \colorful\ adj.
   1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.

   Note: [Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
         shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
         prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed,
         empurpled]

   Syn: colourful.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
      or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
      flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy,
      jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque]
      [WordNet 1.5]

   3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
      as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
      monochrome.

   Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber,
         brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn,
         reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
         azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor,
         bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue,
         bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful,
         blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
         brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary,
         canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
         chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored,
         earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green,
         dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender,
         lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley,
         multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
         painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
         varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored;
         ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
         orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
         purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine,
         cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
         scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
         rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown,
         snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
         snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel,
         brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color,
         straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine;
         tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion,
         vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red; yellow, yellowish;
         yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae
         bluish-black or gray-blue); coral; creamy; cress
         green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey,
         honey-colored; hued(postnominal); magenta;
         maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
         sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
         light.]

   Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
        [WordNet 1.5]

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