brunir — meaning in English

English meaning

• brown adj Having the colour of chocolate, coffee, or soil.
• 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.

Senses

brunir is used for these senses in English:

• brown (intransitive) To become brown.
• burnish To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

brown — full definition

1. adj Having the colour of chocolate, coffee, or soil.
2. noun The colour itself, a mix of red, yellow, and black.
3. verb To cook food, especially meat, until its surface turns brown.
4. verb To become tanned or darker in the sun.

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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