buff
1. an ardent follower and admirer (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
fan, devotee, lover
• Derivationally related forms:
love (for: lover), devote (for: devotee)
• Hypernyms:
follower
• Hyponyms:
aerophile, aficionado, amorist, bacchant, bacchanal,
groupie, metalhead
• Member Holonyms:
following, followers
2. a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
• Hypernyms:
leather
3. bare skin;
naked
- swimming in the buff
• Hypernyms:
skin, tegument, cutis
4. a medium to dark tan color
• Syn:
yellowish brown, raw sienna, caramel, caramel brown
• Derivationally related forms:
caramel brown (for: caramel brown), caramel (for: caramel)
• Hypernyms:
brown, brownness
• Hyponyms:
snuff-color, snuff-colour
5. an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block;
used for polishing (as in manicuring)
• Syn:
buffer
• Derivationally related forms:
buff (for: buffer)
• Hypernyms:
implement
1. strike, beat repeatedly (Freq. 1)
- The wind buffeted him
• Syn:
buffet
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. polish and make shiny
- buff the wooden floors
- buff my shoes
• Syn:
burnish, furbish
• Derivationally related forms:
burnish (for: burnish), buffer
• Hypernyms:
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They buff the glass tubes
of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
• Similar to:
chromatic
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