burnish
noun
1 burnish
The property of being smooth and shiny.
synonyms: gloss, glossiness, polish.
Dutch: glans, glos, glosse
Polish: połyskliwość
verb
1 burnish
Polish and make shiny.
Roget 255: smooth, smoothen†; plane; file; mow, shave; level, roll; macadamize; polish, burnish, calender†, glaze; iron, ... show more
Roget 845: be beautiful etc. adj.; shine, beam, bloom; become one etc. (accord) 23; set off, grace. render beautiful ... show more
Moby thesaurus: buff, dress, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, polish, rub, rub up, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, shine, sleek, slick, slick down, smooth ... show more.
burnisher
noun
Roget 255: smoothness etc. adj.; polish, gloss; lubricity, lubrication. [smooth materials] down, velvet, velure, silk, satin; velveteen, ... show more
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