n.
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: buff · ered ; buff · er · ing \ -f( ə -)ri ŋ \
Date: 1845
1 : to lessen the shock of : CUSHION
2 : to treat (as a solution or its acidity) with a buffer also : to prepare (aspirin) with an antacid
3 : to collect (as data) in a buffer