English abbreviation dictionary - buff
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~1 n 1 film/computer/jazz etc buff someone who is interested in films, computers etc and knows a lot about them 2 a pale yellow-brown colour 3 in the buff old-fashioned having no clothes on; naked ~2 v to make a surface shine by polishing it with a dry cloth (Buff to a shine after waxing.) buffalo ~ n plural buffalos, buffaloes or buffalo 1 an African animal similar to a large cow with long curved horns (- see also water buffalo) 2 a bison ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(buffs, buffing, buffed) 1. Something that is buff is pale brown in colour. He took a largish buff envelope from his pocket. COLOUR 2. You use buff to describe someone who knows a lot about a particular subject. For example, if you describe someone as a film buff, you mean that they know a lot about films. (INFORMAL) Judge Lanier is a real film buff... = enthusiast N-COUNT: supp N 3. If you buff the surface of something, for example your car or your shoes, you rub it with a piece of soft material in order to make it shine. He was already buffing the car’s hubs. = polish VERB: V n • buffing Regular buffing helps prevent nails from splitting. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle French ~le wild ox, from Old Italian bufalo Date: 1570 1. a garment (as a uniform) made of ~ leather 2. the state of being nude sunbathing in the ~ 3. a. a moderate orange yellow b. a light to moderate yellow 4. a device having a soft absorbent surface (as of cloth) by which polishing material is applied 5. earlier ~ an enthusiast about going to fires; perhaps from the ~ overcoats worn by volunteer firefighters in New York City ab 1820 fan, enthusiast II. adjective Date: 1746 1. of the color ~ 2. (or ~ed) having a physique enhanced by bodybuilding exercises III. transitive verb Date: 1838 1. polish, shine waxed and ~ed the floor 2. to give a velvety surface to (leather) ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj., n., & v. --adj. of a yellowish beige colour (buff envelope). --n. 1 a yellowish beige colour. 2 colloq. an enthusiast, esp. for a particular hobby (railway buff). 3 colloq. the human skin unclothed. 4 a a velvety dull-yellow ox-leather. b (attrib.) (of a garment etc.) made of this (buff gloves). 5 (the Buffs) the former East Kent Regiment (from the colour of its uniform facings). --v.tr. 1 polish (metal, fingernails, etc.). 2 make (leather) velvety like buff, by removing the surface. Phrases and idioms buff-stick a stick covered with buff and used for polishing. in the buff colloq. naked. Etymology: orig. sense 'buffalo', prob. f. F buffle; sense 2 of n. orig. f. buff uniforms formerly worn by New York volunteer firemen, applied to enthusiastic fire-watchers ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. буйволовая кожа 2. разг. уст. кожа (человека) in the buff —- нагишом, в чем мать родила to strip to the buff —- раздеть(ся) догола 3. цвет буйволовой кожи, светло-желтый или желтовато-коричневый цвет 4. воен. ист. кожаный защитный камзол; солдат, военный 5. ист. кожаный камзол сержантов или полицейских 6. тех. полировальный круг Id: blue and buff —- ист. цвета партии вигов 7. из буйволовой кожи 8. цвета буйволовой кожи; светло-желтый; желтовато-коричневый buff gloves —- желтые кожаные перчатки 9. разг. голый, нагой 10. полировать (на полировальном круге) 11. красить в желтый цвет 12. уст. удар to stand buff —- стоять, держаться 13. поглощать удар, амортизировать толчок 14. разг. чепуха, ерунда 15. ам. разг. болельщик, приверженец, любитель jazz buff —- любитель джаза ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) буйволовая кожа; толстая бычачья кожа 2) coll.; obs. кожа человека to strip to the buff - раздеть догола - in buff 3) цвет буйволовой кожи, темно-желтый цвет 4) amer.; coll. болельщик, любитель 2. adj. 1) из буйволовой кожи 2) цвета буйволовой кожи 3. v. 1) полировать (кожаным кругом) 2) поглощать удары, смягчать толчки ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1580, buffe leather, from M.Fr. buffle "buffalo." Color term comes from hue of buffalo hides (later ox hides); association of "hide" and "skin" led c.1602 to in the buff, and use of buff or suede to polish metal led to sense of verb "to shine" (1885). Buff-colored uniforms of N.Y.C. volunteer firefighters since 1820s led to meaning "enthusiast" (1903). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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