Buff

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A soft, thick, undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, elk, or oxen.
  • n. A military uniform coat made of such leather.
  • n. A pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange-yellow to light yellowish brown.
  • n. Informal Bare skin: swimming in the buff.
  • n. A piece of soft material, such as velvet or leather, often mounted on a block and used for polishing.
  • adj. Made or formed of buff: a buff jacket.
  • adj. Of the color buff.
  • adj. Slang Having good muscle tone; physically fit and trim: buff athletes lifting weights at the gym.
  • v. To polish or shine with a piece of soft material.
  • v. To soften the surface of (leather) by raising a nap.
  • v. To make the color of buff.
  • n. Informal One who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a subject: a Civil War buff.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
  • n. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
  • n. A brownish yellow colour.
  • n. A military coat made of buff leather.
  • n. A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.
  • n. An effect that temporally makes a gaming character stronger.
  • n. Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
  • adj. Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
  • adj. : Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out)
  • adj. attractive.
  • v. To polish and make shiny.
  • v. To make a character stronger.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.
  • n. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
  • n. A military coat, made of buff leather.
  • n. The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
  • n. A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
  • n. The bare skin.
  • adj. Made of buff leather.
  • adj. Of the color of buff.
  • v. to polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a buff{5}. See buff, n., 5.
  • v. To strike.
  • n. A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase “Blindman's buff.” See blindman's buff.
  • adj. Firm; sturdy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A buffalo.
  • n. A kind of thick leather, originally and properly made of the skin of the buffalo, but now also of the skins of other animals, as elks, oxen, etc.
  • n. A buff-coat (which see).
  • n. The color of buff-leather; a yellow color deficient in luminosity and in chroma.
  • n. plural The third regiment of the line in the British army: so called from the color of the facings of their uniform.
  • n. In medicine, the buffy coat. See buffy.
  • n. A buff-stick; a buff-wheel.
  • n. The bare skin: as, to strip to the buff.
  • Made of buff-leather.
  • Of the color of buff-leather; brownish-yellow.
  • To polish with a buff-wheel or buff-stick.
  • To stammer.
  • To emit a dull sound.
  • n. A dull fellow; a drone.
  • n. Nonsense; trivial or idle talk: as, that is all buff.
  • n. Ä blow; a slap; a box; a stroke; a buffet.
  • To strike; buffet.
  • To resist; deaden, as a buffer.
  • n. In old armor, the chin-piece of the burgonet, corresponding to the aventaile, and pierced with holes to allow breathing.
  • n. A bough.
  • In leather manufacturing, to grind or shave with a buff-wheel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a medium to dark tan color
  • v. polish and make shiny
  • n. a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
  • v. strike, beat repeatedly
  • n. bare skin; naked
  • n. an ardent follower and admirer
  • adj. of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
  • n. an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
  • Equivalent
    chromatic   
    Antonym
    debuff   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    smooth    shine    smoothen    polish    leather    hit    tegument    skin    cutis    implement   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    buffy    buff{5}    blindman's buff   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    strike    buffet    blow    firm    sturdy    orange    yellow    isabella    isabel    polis   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Slough    bluff    bruff    cuff    duff    enough    fluff    gruff    guff    hough   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    woolen    tight-fitting    maroon    brocaded    plaid    quilted    khaki    scarlet    leathern    tan