полирова́ть — 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.
• Polish verb To rub a surface until it is smooth and shiny.
• shine verb To give off or reflect light brightly.

Senses

полирова́ть is used for these senses in English:

• buff To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
• buff out To remove paint or light scratches from the surface by friction, wearing it out by polishing or blasting with sand or by employing some similar method.
• burnish To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
• polish (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
• shine (transitive) To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

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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