Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.

    полирова́тьpolirovátʹ, заполирова́тьzapolirovátʹ, шлифова́тьšlifovátʹ

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To bring something to proper shape by removing or masking minor defects, by straightening out the residual shortcomings.

    рихтова́тьrixtovátʹ, отрихтова́тьotrixtovátʹ

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to smooth the surface by friction:
to remove minor defects:

Forms

buffs out, buffing out, buffed out, buffed out
Base formbuff out · to buff out
3rd person singularbuffs out
Present participlebuffing out
Past simplebuffed out
Past participlebuffed out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybuff out
he, she, itbuffs out

Past simpleLesson

all personsbuffed out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave buffed out
he, she, ithas buffed out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill buff out

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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