Definition for Burnish:

• To polish by rubbing or friction; make smooth and shining.

Synonyms for Burnish:

• n.

  •
  • beat,
  • bar,
  • ct,
  • chase,
  • crucible.
  •
  • sleek,
  • improve on,
  • correct,
  • lift,
  • light,
  • remedy,
  • enhance,
  • improve,
  • optimization,
  • revitalize,
  • enrich,
  • boost.
  •attribute (noun)
  • burnish.
  •burnish (noun)
  • flush.
  •finish (noun)
  • sur-face,
  • sur face,
  • sur faces.
  •gloss (noun)
  • slicknesses,
  • glossinesses,
  • silkinesses.
  •polish (noun)
  • study at polish.
  •sheen (noun)
  • shininess.

• v.

  •brighten (verb)
  • illuminate,
  • intensify,
  • lighten,
  • illumine.
  •buff (verb)
  • Pumiced.
  •decorate (verb)
  • be-decked,
  • be-dizening,
  • drest out,
  • dresses out,
  • gussying up,
  • be dizened,
  • be-deck,
  • be-dizened,
  • jazzes up,
  • adds finishing touches,
  • be-decking,
  • be-dizens,
  • be decking,
  • be decked,
  • be decks,
  • dressing out,
  • be deck,
  • jazzing up,
  • be dizen,
  • be-decks,
  • co loring,
  • be dizening,
  • dressed out,
  • co-loring,
  • jazzed up,
  • be-dizen,
  • be dizens.
  •file (verb)
  • re fines,
  • re-fining,
  • re-fine,
  • re-fines,
  • re fined,
  • re fine.
  •furbish (verb)
  • re habilitates,
  • re furbish,
  • re-furbishing,
  • re-habilitated,
  • re stored,
  • decks out,
  • re conditions,
  • re condition,
  • re habilitate,
  • decking out,
  • re-furbished,
  • re habilitating,
  • re-habilitates,
  • re furbished,
  • re store,
  • re new,
  • re-conditions,
  • re furbishes,
  • re-habilitate,
  • re-condition,
  • re-news,
  • re-furbishes,
  • smartening up,
  • re conditioned,
  • re-stored,
  • re conditioning,
  • re-new,
  • re news,
  • re storing,
  • re-stores,
  • re habilitated,
  • re-habilitating,
  • re stores,
  • re-conditioned,
  • re-storing,
  • re-furbish,
  • smartens up,
  • re furbishing,
  • re-conditioning.
  •glaze (verb)
  • in-crust,
  • over-lays,
  • makes vitreous,
  • in crusted,
  • Vitrifying,
  • made vitreous,
  • in-crusting,
  • over-laying,
  • in crust,
  • over lays,
  • making lustrous,
  • vitrifies,
  • made lustrous,
  • over laying,
  • in crusting,
  • making vitreous,
  • in-crusts,
  • over-lay,
  • over-laid,
  • makes lustrous,
  • in-crusted,
  • incrusts,
  • over laid,
  • in crusts.
  •polish, brighten (verb)
  • put on a finish,
  • glance,
  • wax.
  •smooth (verb)
  • grind,
  • slick,
  • plane,
  • silken,
  • flatten,
  • level,
  • even.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • gold dust,
  • smithy,
  • ironwork,
  • gold leaf,
  • ingot,
  • karat,
  • blacksmith,
  • silversmith,
  • silver-plate,
  • sheet metal,
  • Filings,
  • filigree,
  • bullion,
  • smelt,
  • metal fatigue,
  • anvil,
  • metalwork,
  • welder,
  • melt down,
  • verdigris.
  •
  • nugget,
  • wiring,
  • solder,
  • weld,
  • mill,
  • pewter,
  • hallmark.
  •
  • forge,
  • metal,
  • temper,
  • leaf.
  •
  • wired.
  •
  • plate,
  • wire.
  •brighten
  • spiffed up,
  • spiff up,
  • grow sunny,
  • lit up,
  • buffs up,
  • buff up,
  • punch up,
  • lighted up,
  • illuminating,
  • light up.
  •furbish
  • decked out,
  • deck out,
  • smartened up,
  • smarten up,
  • refurbished.
  •smooth
  • ironing,
  • Planing,
  • make uniform,
  • Planed.

Antonyms for Burnish:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    obscurity, cloudiness, grayness, gloom, dinginess, flatness, obscureness, dimness, paleness, dullness, murkiness, dirtiness, somberness, drabness.

• v.

  • polish, brighten
    dull, tarnish.

Burnish Sentence Examples:

• Best of all winged creatures it is loved by the iris - eyed, burnish - breasted, murmuring doves, already beginning to gather in the deadened tree - tops with crops eager for the seed.

• Knowing well that I have never had one hour of inspiration since it was begun, and have only beaten out my metal by brute force and patient repetition, I hoped some day to get a 'spate of style' and burnish it - fine mixed metaphor.

Hypernym for Burnish:

• n.

  • attribute
    French Polish, glaze.

Hyponym for Burnish:

• n.

  • attribute
    radiancy, smoothness, refulgency, shine, radiance, refulgence, effulgence.

• v.

  • contact
    polish, smooth, smoothen, shine.