Thesaurus: burnish

Related headwords

Definitions

1. 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.
2. v. i. To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
3. n. The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.
4. n. the property of being smooth and shiny
5. v. polish and make shiny
6. 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. 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. The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster. Crashaw.
7. 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 seemedto thaw the freezing air. Dryden.Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting sun.Cunningham.Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing bycompression, as in making paper collars.
8. v:100 n the property of being smooth and shiny v polish and make shiny