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aufpolieren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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.
  • revamp verb To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
  • rub verb To move something back and forth against a surface while pressing on it.

Senses

aufpolieren is used for these senses in English:

  • brush up (idiomatic) To review; to improve an existing but rusty or underdeveloped skill.
  • burnish (figuratively) To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
  • furbish To polish or burnish.
  • revamp (transitive) To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something). [from early 19th c.]
  • rub To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.

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.

furbish — full definition

  1. verb To polish or burnish.
  2. verb To renovate or recondition; to refurbish.

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