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лъскам — meaning in English

laskam

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English meaning

  • brighten verb To make or become lighter or more vivid in colour.
  • burnish verb To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
  • furbish verb To polish or burnish.
  • gloss noun A shiny, polished surface.
  • Polish verb To rub a surface until it is smooth and shiny.
  • shine verb To give off or reflect light brightly.

Senses

лъскам is used for these senses in English:

  • brighten (transitive) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
  • burnish To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
  • furbish To polish or burnish.
  • gloss (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
  • polish (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
  • polish (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
  • shine (transitive) To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

brighten — full definition

  1. verb To make or become lighter or more vivid in colour.
  2. verb To make or become more cheerful.

burnish — full definition

  1. verb To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
  2. verb Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
  3. verb To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
  4. verb To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.

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