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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
burnish
n 1: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish,
gloss, glossiness, burnish]
v 1: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Burnish \Bur"nish\, n.
The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.
--Crashaw.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Burnish \Bur"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Burnishing.] [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF.
burnir, brunir, to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun
brown, fr. OHG. br?n; cf. MHG. briunen to make brown, polish.
See Brown, a.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare
From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.
--Dryden.
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Now the village windows blaze,
Burnished by the setting sun. --Cunningham.
[1913 Webster]
Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing
by compression, as in making paper collars.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Burnish \Bur"nish\, v. i.
To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as
from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
[1913 Webster]
A slender poet must have time to grow,
And spread and burnish as his brothers do. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell.
--Herbert.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for burnish:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
buff, dress, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, polish, rub, rub up, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, shine, sleek, slick, slick down, smooth, varnish, wax |
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Common Misspellings > |
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