📖 Definitions of "Buffing"
verb
- 1
To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
"He was already buffing the car's hubs."
- 2
To make a character or an item stronger.
"I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update."
- 3
To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner.
verb
- 1
To strike.
noun
- 1
Material removed by the action of someone who buffs.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Buffing"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| buffetnoun | Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves. |
| burnishverb | (transitive) To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine. |
| furbishverb | To renovate or recondition; to refurbish. |
| fannoun | A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. |
| raw siennanoun | A yellowish brown colour. |
| colorednoun | Having a color. |
| flushnoun | A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc. |
| chromatic | Uses relating to colour |
| lovernoun | One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse. |
| afficionadonoun | Alternative spelling of aficionado (“one who likes, knows about, and appreciates an interest”). [(obsolete) An amateur bullfighter.] |
| altogethernoun | Completely, wholly, or without exception. |
| devoteenoun | An ardent enthusiast or admirer. |
| birthday suitnoun | (idiomatic, often humorous) Nakedness, unclothed skin; an exposure of a human's natural anatomy without clothing. |
| rawnoun | (cooking) (of food) Not cooked. |
| yellowish brownnoun | a medium to dark tan color |
| polishingnoun | That makes shiny or smooth. |
| wet-sandingnoun | Sanding with fine-grained sandpaper and lubricant. |
| washoffnoun | The process of material being washed off a surface, for example by rainfall. |
| wet sandingnoun | The process of sanding with extremely fine-grained sandpaper, using a lubricant such as oil or water to prevent the sandpaper from clogging. |
| powderingnoun | gerund of powder |
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