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Meanings of
burnish
in English
Portuguese
polimento
Catalan
lluentor
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The property of being smooth and shiny.
polish
gloss
glossiness
Portuguese
polimento
Portuguese
polir
Catalan
polir
Spanish
abrillantar
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Polish and make shiny.
flush
buff
furbish
Portuguese
polir
Usage of
burnish
in English
1
Environment Minister Shannon Phillips said the new targets will
burnish
Alberta's reputation.
2
Palestinian diplomats also are courting European countries to further
burnish
their case.
3
Starboard has been seeking to
burnish
its credentials in the pharmaceutical sector.
4
But the music was lovely and only proved to
burnish
his reputation.
5
Both built newsrooms to
burnish
their legitimacy and nab even more dollars.
6
Their first care was to
burnish
up their armour and their weapons.
7
Her prose has the inimitable
burnish
of hammered silver or hand-rubbed wood.
8
He smiles to think I have for-gotten to
burnish
his armour.
9
Charlotte would
burnish
up past foolishness, and this might upset her nerves.
10
You lofty and dazzling towers, pinnacled, red as roses,
burnish
'd
with gold!
11
No better time to
burnish
one's credentials as a defender of press freedom.
12
Its active interest in interfaith dialogue also helped
burnish
its image.
13
Robertson was eager to
burnish
his fiscal responsibility credentials on his first outing.
14
If anything, McDonagh's absence from the British stage has helped
burnish
his reputation.
15
But RIM's battered stock price may
burnish
its allure as an acquisition target.
16
The perfect night sky shone coldly with the
burnish
of its million stars.
Other examples for "burnish"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
burnish
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
burnish up
burnish swords
burnish the country
acquire the burnish
burnish an economy
More collocations
Translations for
burnish
Portuguese
polimento
polir
Catalan
lluentor
poliment
polir
Spanish
abrillantar
pulir
pulimentar
bruñir
Burnish
through the time
Burnish
across language varieties
United States of America
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