burnish
To make bright, shiny, and smooth by, or as if by, rubbingTo make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
» The company is trying to burnish its image after the scandal.
Значення
значень: 6(перехідне)To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
In pottery, a stone is sometimes used to burnish a pot before firing, giving it a smooth, shiny look.
brünieren, glanzschleifen, glätten
дра́итьdráitʹ, надра́иватьnadráivatʹ, надра́итьnadráitʹ
поліруватиpoliruvaty, шліфуватиšlifuvaty
polish and make shiny
(перехідне)Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
(переносно, перехідне)To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
aufpolieren, zu mehr Glanz verhelfen
(неперехідне)To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.
Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.
(ширше)Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.
Приклади
речень: 5The company is trying to burnish its image after the scandal.
Tom made attempts to burnish his public image after a myriad of scandals.
This metal burnishes well.
ruЭтот металл хорошо полируется.
But after more than a year in prison, he escaped, further burnishing his legendary status.
A person's reputation can be greatly burnished or tarnished depending on how the media chooses to cover them.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
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Походження
The verb is derived from Middle English burnishen, burnysshen (“to polish, burnish; (figurThe verb is derived from Middle English burnishen, burnysshen (“to polish, burnish; (figuratively) to brighten, give lustre to; to clean (something) until shiny; to decorate (with something shiny), adorn”) [and other forms], from burniss-, a stem of Old French burnir (compare, for example, the first-person present singular indicative form burnis), a variant of brunir (“to make clean and shiny, polish; to make brown”) (modern French brunir), from Frankish *brūnijan (“to polish, make resplendent”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnijaną (“to decorate; tan”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”, adjective), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”, adjective). Unrelated to burn.
From Middle English barnishen, barnish (“to grow big (with child), to become pregnant; to grow stout or strong”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from barn (“child, offspring; infant; unborn child; human being, person; male person, man (especially a young man or young warrior)”). (from Old English bearn (“child”), from Proto-West Germanic *barn (“child”), from Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”)) + -ishen (suffix forming verbs).
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Форми
burnishes, burnishing, burnished, burnishedСиноніми
синонімів: 3Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 5Уроки до слова
уроків: 3- A1Present Simple: теперішній простий час — Бо це дієслово
- A1Past Simple: правильні дієслова — Бо у нього є форма минулого часу
- A2Present Perfect: вступ — Бо у нього є дієприкметник минулого часу