bur·nish /ˈbɝnɪʃ/
(vt.)磨,打磨,磨光(vi.)磨光發亮光輝,光澤
Bur·nish v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnished p. pr. & vb. n. Burnishing.] 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.
The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare
From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air. --Dryden.
Now the village windows blaze,
Burnished by the setting sun. --Cunningham.
Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing by compression, as in making paper collars.
Bur·nish, v. i. To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
A slender poet must have time to grow,
And spread and burnish as his brothers do. --Dryden.
My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell. --Herbert.
Bur·nish, n. The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.
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burnish
n : the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish, gloss,
glossiness]
v : polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: buff, furbish, flush]