| Main Entry: | burnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish, brighten |
Synonyms: |
buff, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, patina, put on a finish, rub, sheen, shine, smooth, wax |
Antonyms: |
dull, tarnish |
| Main Entry: | brighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shine or glow |
Synonyms: |
buff up, burnish, clear up, enliven, gleam, grow sunny, illuminate, illumine, intensify, kindle, light up, lighten, polish, punch up, spiff up |
Antonyms: |
darken, deepen, dull, fade |
| Main Entry: | buff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish to a shine |
Synonyms: |
brush, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, pumice, rub, sandpaper, scour, shine, smooth |
| Main Entry: | decorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify, embellish |
Synonyms: |
add finishing touches, adorn, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, burnish, color, deck, do up, dress out, dress up, enhance, enrich, festoon, finish, fix up, frill, furbish, garnish, gild, grace, gussy up, idealize, illuminate, jazz up, ornament, paint, perfect, prank, renovate, spruce up, trim |
| Main Entry: | file |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rub down, grind |
Synonyms: |
abrade, burnish, erode, finish, furbish, grate, level, polish, rasp, raze, refine, scrape, shape, sharpen, smooth |
| Main Entry: | finish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating; perfecting |
Synonyms: |
appearance, beauty, burnish, cultivation, culture, elaboration, glaze, grace, grain, lacquer, luster, patina, perfection, polish, refinement, shine, smoothness, surface, texture, veneer |
| Main Entry: | furbish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish; renovate |
Synonyms: |
brighten, buff, burnish, clean, deck out, fix up, glaze, gloss, gussy up, improve, recondition, refurbish, rehabilitate, renew, restore, rub, shine, smarten up, spruce up |
| Main Entry: | glaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | varnish, lacquer |
Synonyms: |
buff, burnish, coat, cover, enamel, furbish, glance, glass, gloss, incrust, make lustrous, make vitreous, overlay, polish, rub, shine, vitrify |
Antonyms: |
strip |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shine, sheen |
Synonyms: |
appearance, brightness, brilliance, burnish, facade, finish, front, glaze, gleam, glint, glossiness, luster, polish, shimmer, silkiness, sleekness, slickness, surface, varnish, veneer |
Antonyms: |
dullness |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shiny |
Synonyms: |
buff, burnish, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, lacquer, polish, rub, shine, varnish, veneer |
Antonyms: |
dull |