Synonymer

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Definitioner

Verb

  1. (transitive) To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.
  2. (intransitive) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.

Exempel

  • In pottery, a stone is sometimes used to burnish a pot before firing, giving it a smooth, shiny look.
  • The frame of burnished steel, that cast a glare / From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.
  • My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell.
  • A slender poet must have time to grow, / And spread and burnish as his brothers do.
  • Now the village windows blaze, / Burnished by the setting sun.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipburnishedPerfektparticipburnisht
ImperfektburnishedImperfektburnisht
PresensparticipburnishingTredje person singular indicativ presensburnishes
Tredje person singular indicativ presensburnisheth

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