buff
Other forms: buffs; buffed; buffing; buffest
Buff is a busy word. If you’re a movie buff, you’re a film fan! If you are buff, your muscles are toned. If your sweater is buff, it's a caramel brown color. And to buff is to polish. Whew!
You may decide to paint your living room buff or write a long letter on buff-colored stationery. There is also a soft-surfaced, yellowish kind of leather that's called buff, which is where the word came from — it was called buffe leather, or "leather made of buffalo hide," in the 16th century, and the practice of polishing leather gives buff its meaning as a verb: to polish. You might also have heard the phrase "in the buff," which means "not wearing any clothes."
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a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxentype of:leatheran animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
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a medium to dark tan colorsynonyms: caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown
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bare skin; naked
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of the yellowish-beige color of buff leathersynonyms:chromaticbeing, having, or characterized by hue
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polish and make shiny
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an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
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an ardent follower and admirertypes:aerophilea lover of aviationaficionadoa serious devotee of some activity, genre, or performeramoristone dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about lovegroupiean enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)metalheada fan of heavy metal musictype of:followera person who accepts the leadership of another
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strike, beat repeatedly
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Vocabulary lists containing buff
After a plague of dreamlessness spreads across North America, seventeen-year-old Frenchie is captured so the Canadian government can harvest his bone marrow as a cure. Frenchie must find a way to escape and reunite with his found family.