kiillottaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• buff noun A person deeply knowledgeable or enthusiastic about a particular subject.
• burnish verb To rub a surface until it is smooth and shiny.
• gloss noun A shiny, polished surface.
• luster noun A gentle shine or sheen, especially on a surface like metal, hair, or pearls.
• Polish verb To rub a surface until it is smooth and shiny.
• shine verb To give off or reflect light brightly.
• sleek verb To make something smooth, glossy, or polished.

Senses

kiillottaa is used for these senses in English:

• buff To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
• burnish (figuratively) To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
• burnish To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
• gloss (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
• levigate (transitive) To make smooth or polish.
• luster (intransitive, now, _, rare) To have luster, to gleam, to shine.
• luster To coat with a lustrous material or glaze, to impart physical luster to an object.
• polish (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.

buff — full definition

1. noun A person deeply knowledgeable or enthusiastic about a particular subject.
2. adj Muscular and physically fit, especially with visible muscle tone.
3. adj A pale, brownish-yellow color, originally that of buffalo-hide leather.
4. verb To polish something until it shines by rubbing it.
5. verb In games, to make a character, item, or ability stronger through a change or update.

burnish — full definition

1. verb To rub a surface until it is smooth and shiny.
2. verb For a stag to rub the soft covering off its new antlers.
3. verb To make someone or something look more impressive or respected.
4. verb To become smooth and shiny, or start to gleam.

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