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BURNISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being smooth and shiny

Synonyms:

burnish; gloss; glossiness; polish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("burnish" is a kind of...):

smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)

effulgence; radiance; radiancy; refulgence; refulgency; shine (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "burnish"):

French polish (the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac)

glaze (a glossy finish on a fabric)

Derivation:

burnish (polish and make shiny)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Polish and make shiny

Example:

buff my shoes

Synonyms:

buff; burnish; furbish

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "burnish" is one way to...):

polish; shine; smooth; smoothen (make (a surface) shine)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They burnish the glass tubes

Derivation:

burnish (the property of being smooth and shiny)

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