Definitions of burnish

1. To grow bright.

2. To polish by friction; make or become bright.

3. To polish by rubbing or friction; make smooth and shining.

4. To polish; to make bright by rubbing.

5. To polish by friction.

6. To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.

7. To become bright.

8. polish and make shiny; " buff the wooden floors"; " buff my shoes"

9. To polish; to make bright.

10. To polish by friction; to make smooth and bright by rubbing; to become bright by friction.

11. the property of being smooth and shiny

12. The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.

13. Polish; brightness.

14. Polish: lustre.

15. Polish; brightness; Iustre. See Brown.

16. Lustre; brightness.