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BURNISH
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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)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they burnish ... he / she / it burnishes
Past simple: burnished
Past participle: burnished
-ing form: burnishing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Polish and make shiny
Example:
buff my shoes
Synonyms:
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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