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Burnish meaning

  1. To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
  2. Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
  3. To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.

Synonyms of Burnish

Using Burnish

  • The main meaning on this page is: To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine. | Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet. | To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
  • Useful related words include: polish, shine, smooth, flush.
  • In the example corpus, burnish often appears in combinations such as: to burnish, burnish his, burnish the.

Context around Burnish

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 14 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Burnish

  • In this selection, "burnish" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mad, anti, helping, rescue and eddie stand out and add context to how "burnish" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ahead of burnish eddie izzard and allegedly helping burnish the reputation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "burnish" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with burnish

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

The three distinct methods of dismissals only burnish the genius of Ashwin. (12 words)

It raised comments on social media about regimes using propaganda films to burnish their image. (15 words)

Philanthropy offers Bezos a chance to burnish his legacy — a strategy that has served fellow titans of industry. (18 words)

Tun Kyi, a senior member of the Former Political Prisoners Society, said it is not known how many of the political prisoners will be among those released, if any, but any such action would be taken to burnish the image of the military government. (44 words)

Thirty years later, a new threat arises in the form of an aggressive group of mutants called “Mad Burnish,” who are combatted by an anti-Burnish rescue team called “Burning Rescue” and Lio Fotia, the leader of the new group of mutants. (42 words)

It was too unwieldly, many said, an overreach by a publicity-hungry local prosecutor trying to burnish her reputation by going after the former president, who was already facing indictment by the Special Counsel for committing many of the same crimes. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

Thirty years later, a new threat arises in the form of an aggressive group of mutants called “Mad Burnish,” who are combatted by an anti-Burnish rescue team called “Burning Rescue” and Lio Fotia, the leader of the new group of mutants.

It was too unwieldly, many said, an overreach by a publicity-hungry local prosecutor trying to burnish her reputation by going after the former president, who was already facing indictment by the Special Counsel for committing many of the same crimes.

Jefferson's third intent, similar to the cherry-tree allegory, was meant to burnish a hallowed legacy for our nation’s first president, who, in truth, co-opted the seat of government from New York for personal profit and through trickery.

Philanthropy offers Bezos a chance to burnish his legacy — a strategy that has served fellow titans of industry.

Prince Harry has accused the royal family of being complicit in his wife Meghan’s pain and Harry claimed that his stepmother Camilla had leaked private conversations to the media in order to burnish her own reputation.

The Paris trip was widely seen as an effort to burnish his pro-Western credentials and fend of criticism from liberals that he will continue the eastward-leaning inclination of Mr. Zeman, a past political ally.

Tun Kyi, a senior member of the Former Political Prisoners Society, said it is not known how many of the political prisoners will be among those released, if any, but any such action would be taken to burnish the image of the military government.

As public reaction to the issue has shown, this is not how to protect or even burnish the university’s image,” the UST Journalism Society said in a statement.

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It raised comments on social media about regimes using propaganda films to burnish their image.

Private sector buyers could include airlines, under a UN-backed plan to scale up their purchases launching in 2027, as well as companies looking to burnish their green credentials with customers and investors.

While Gov. Gavin Newsom gallivants around the country as a campaign surrogate for President Joe Biden – and to burnish his own national image – the state budget he proposed just six weeks ago is falling apart at the seams.

But the trio of friends will have to stay one step ahead of Burnish (Eddie Izzard), a wealthy man intent on capturing a yeti, and zoologist Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson), to help Everest get home.

Critics accused Macron of using the icy photo-op to burnish his government’s green credentials ahead of the local elections.

He was trying to burnish his populist image and keep the base happy while simultaneously creating some more of the dreadful chaos in which he flourishes.

Let us be clear on this point: the motley crowd of sycophants in the opaque presidency can deploy all their propaganda arsenal to burnish the image of their principal, President Muhammadu Buhari.

The three distinct methods of dismissals only burnish the genius of Ashwin.

Venezuela’s state television broadcast an improvised swearing-in ceremony for Parra, who was expelled last year from opposition party First Justice for allegedly helping burnish the reputation of a businessman associated with Maduro’s government.

Although Aztec power was more than sufficient to guarantee hegemony, the Aztecs continued to prosecute their campaign against city-states like Tlaxcala to demonstrate their strength and burnish their prestige.

Amid growing competition from other global tourist destinations, France over the years has started campaigns to burnish its image, including improving its reputation for gruff dining experiences.

At the U.N., U.S. diplomats are under instructions to foil Beijing’s bid to burnish its soft power credentials and promote Chinese President Xi Jinping’s philosophical precepts, referred to as Xi Jinping Thought.

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Common combinations with burnish

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "burnish" in a sentence?
An example: "Thirty years later, a new threat arises in the form of an aggressive group of mutants called “Mad Burnish,” who are combatted by an anti-Burnish rescue team called “Burning Rescue” and Lio Fotia, the leader of the new group of mutants." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "burnish" from authentic English texts.
What does "burnish" mean?
Burnish means: To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
What are synonyms of "burnish"?
Common synonyms of "burnish" include: polish, shine, smooth, flush, furbish, buff, smoothness, refulgency. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "burnish" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "burnish", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.