buff

Speech parts

1. buff - Noun

2. buff - Adjective

3. buff - Verb

4. buff - Adjective Satellite

5. Buff - Proper noun

Meaning

A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.

The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.

A military coat, made of buff leather.

The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.

A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.

The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.

Made of buff leather.

Of the color of buff.

To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.

To strike.

A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."

Firm; sturdy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

buffet fan buffer lover devotee caramel furbish burnish japan amber solon canary jasmine lauder manila
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Antonyms

navy stone etch Greenhorn renaissance man breast
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Hypernyms

brown polish hit skin implement smooth

Hyponyms

bacchanal aficionado groupie bacchant metalhead amorist

Related terms

sluff

Phrases with the word

in the buff buff nor stye buff dude buff hunk buff man camera buff

Examples

swimming in the buff means to swim naked Source: Internet

buff the wooden floors Source: Internet

buff my shoes Source: Internet

The wind buffeted him Source: Internet

After breaking the first HP bar, Gorgon will gain a buff that ensures her spammable stun skill will land normally. Source: Internet

And, as a self-professed film and comics buff, it’s also one I’ve seen elegantly taken on in many productions, but perhaps nowhere better than Netflix’s “Daredevil.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bufetolol bufexamac bufezolac buff coat buff dude buff ermine moth