BURNISH


Meaning of BURNISH in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

All the valve and operating fittings for the above locos were completed and burnished by hand at Wolverton Works Brass Shop.

But we have trouble seeing them for what they really are because of the images burnished into our consciousness by movie-makers.

For nearly three years President Clinton has carefully burnished his crime-fighter credentials.

Some long shots burnished their chances, some favourites lost ground.

Way at the front end of the house red light came pouring through the tunnel and showed the lake burnished and menacing.

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