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Noun burnish has 1 sense
- polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish - the property of being smooth and shiny
--1 is a kind of radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency; smoothness
--1 has particulars: French polish; glaze
Verb burnish has 1 sense
- buff, burnish, furbish, flush - polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
--1 is one way to polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
Sample sentence:
They burnish the glass tubes
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