buff
To polish and make shiny by rubbingTo polish and make shiny by rubbing.
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7 sensesTo polish and make shiny by rubbing.
He was already buffing the car's hubs.
polieren
полирова́тьpolirovátʹ
полірува́тиpoliruváty
polish and make shiny
To make a character or an item stronger.
The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.
I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update.
To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
(slang)To remove (graffiti), particularly when done by someone who is not a graffiti writer.
To strike.
strike, beat repeatedly
(archaic, slang, transitive)To strip to the bare skin.
(dialectal, obsolete)To stammer, stutter
Examples
41 sentencesI know Tom is a movie buff.
Here's a question for you trivia buffs.
I didn't know Tom was a film buff.
I know that Tom is a movie buff.
I didn't know that Tom was a film buff.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”). See buffet (“a blow”). From Middle English bFrom Old French bufer (“to cuff, buffet”). See buffet (“a blow”).
From Middle English buffen (“to stutter, stammer”), from Old English byffan (“to mumble, mutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bubjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to fear, to be afraid”). More at bive (“tremble, shake”) and bever.
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Forms
buffs, buffing, buffed, buffedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
6 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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