| buff | | |
| n. (person) | 1. buff, devotee, fan, lover | an ardent follower and admirer. |
| ~ followers, following | a group of followers or enthusiasts. |
| ~ aerophile | a lover of aviation. |
| ~ aficionado | a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer. |
| ~ amorist | one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love. |
| ~ bacchanal, bacchant | a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus. |
| ~ follower | a person who accepts the leadership of another. |
| ~ groupie | an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around). |
| ~ metalhead | a fan of heavy metal music. |
| n. (substance) | 2. buff | a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen. |
| ~ leather | an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning. |
| n. (body) | 3. buff | bare skin; naked.; "swimming in the buff" |
| ~ cutis, skin, tegument | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. buff, caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown | a medium to dark tan color. |
| ~ brown, brownness | an orange of low brightness and saturation. |
| ~ snuff-color, snuff-colour | dark yellowish brown. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. buff, buffer | an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring). |
| ~ implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end. |
| v. (contact) | 6. buff, buffet | strike, beat repeatedly.; "The wind buffeted him" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| v. (contact) | 7. buff, burnish, furbish | polish and make shiny.; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" |
| ~ polish, smooth, smoothen, shine | make (a surface) shine.; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" |
| adj. | 8. buff | of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather. |
| ~ chromatic | being or having or characterized by hue. |
| polish | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. burnish, gloss, glossiness, polish | the property of being smooth and shiny. |
| ~ smoothness | a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch.; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board" |
| ~ effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, radiance | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light. |
| ~ french polish | the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac. |
| ~ glaze | a glossy finish on a fabric. |
| n. (state) | 2. cultivation, culture, finish, polish, refinement | a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality.; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art" |
| ~ flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection | the state of being without a flaw or defect. |
| n. (substance) | 3. polish | a preparation used in polishing. |
| ~ formulation, preparation | a substance prepared according to a formula.; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine" |
| ~ blacking, shoe polish | a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear. |
| ~ simoniz | a brand of car polish. |
| n. (communication) | 4. polish | the Slavic language of Poland. |
| ~ slavic, slavic language, slavonic, slavonic language | a branch of the Indo-European family of languages. |
| v. (contact) | 5. polish, shine, smooth, smoothen | make (a surface) shine.; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" |
| ~ beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish | make more beautiful. |
| ~ simonise, simonize | polish with wax.; "The motorcycle has been Simonized" |
| ~ sleek, slick | make slick or smooth. |
| ~ burnish, furbish, buff | polish and make shiny.; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ gloss | give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing. |
| v. (change) | 6. down, fine-tune, polish, refine | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.; "refine one's style of writing" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| ~ over-refine, overrefine | refine too much or with excess of subtlety.; "He is overrefining this matter" |
| ~ civilise, civilize, school, cultivate, educate, train | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" |
| v. (change) | 7. brush up, polish, polish up, round, round off | bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state.; "polish your social manners" |
| ~ perfect, hone | make perfect or complete.; "perfect your French in Paris!" |
| adj. (pertain) | 8. polish | of or relating to Poland or its people or culture.; "Polish sausage" |
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