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 oxen
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type of:
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leather
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
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leather
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a medium to dark tan color
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synonyms:
caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown
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types:
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snuff-color, snuff-colour
dark yellowish brown
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snuff-color, snuff-colour
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bare skin; naked
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of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
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Synonyms:
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chromatic
being, having, or characterized by hue
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chromatic
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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 admirer
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types:
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aerophile
a lover of aviation
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aficionado
a serious devotee of some activity, genre, or performer
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amorist
one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love
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bacchanal, bacchant
a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
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groupie
an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)
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metalhead
a fan of heavy metal music
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type of:
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follower
a person who accepts the leadership of another
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strike, beat repeatedly
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Vocabulary lists containing buff
In this first book of the mystery series, seventh-grader Samantha Jo Keyes looks through her binoculars and sees a burglary at the Heavenly Hotel.
Twelve-year-old Zora Lee Johnson and Andrea Byrd meet at a summer camp in Michigan and discover they have more in common than their musical talents.
Based on the classic novel The Great Gatsby, this work follows the story of Nicolás Caraveo, a seventeen-year-old transgender boy who moves to New York and meets his mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby, another transgender boy with an extravagant and decadent lifestyle.
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