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Another word for buff

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Noun

  1. A person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity

      1. (Informal) A tiny microphone hidden to record conversation secretly
      2. An insect of any kind, such as a cockroach or a ladybug.
      3. An enthusiast or devotee; a buff:
      1. A person extremely devoted to religion; zealot
      2. One who is ardently devoted to something; an enthusiast or advocate:
      3. A person strongly devoted to something or someone
      1. A zealot; a fanatic.
      2. One who is filled with enthusiasm; one who is ardently absorbed in an interest or pursuit:
      3. A person full of enthusiasm
      1. A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause.
      2. A person whose extreme zeal, piety, etc. goes beyond what is reasonable; zealot
      1. A psychotic or otherwise mentally ill person who exhibits violent or bizarre behavior. Not used in psychiatric diagnosis.
      2. A wildly or violently insane person; madman; lunatic
      3. A person who has an excessive enthusiasm or desire for something:
      1. Among the ancient Jews, a member of a radical political and religious sect that openly resisted Roman rule in Palestine
      2. A fanatically committed person.
      3. One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
      1. Anything in the shape of a fan, as the tail of a bird
      2. A person enthusiastic about a specified sport, pastime, or performer; devotee
      3. Something resembling an open fan in shape:
      1. An evil spirit; a demon.
      2. (Informal) One who is particularly adept at something:
      3. A person who is excellent at some activity
      1. An abnormally formed organism, especially one regarded as a curiosity.
      2. Any abnormal animal, person, or plant; monstrosity
      3. An eccentric or nonconformist person, especially a member of a counterculture.
      1. (Informal) A difficult endeavor or problem:
      2. An enthusiast; a buff:
      3. A devotee; fan
    See also:

    concern

Verb

  1. To give a gleaming luster to, usually through friction

    See also:

    light

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Another word for buff

Modifier
  1. See also:

    brown

    tan

    yellow

Verb
      1. To smooth and brighten, as by rubbing
      2. To become smooth or shiny by being rubbed:
      3. To refine or remove flaws from; perfect or complete:
      1. To make or become shiny by rubbing; polish
      2. To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish.
      1. To use a brush on; clean, polish, paint, smooth, etc. with a brush
      2. To apply, spread, remove, etc. with a stroke or strokes as of a brush
      3. To clean, polish, or groom with a brush:
    See also:

    polish

    shine

    polish

Idioms:

    in-the-buff

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Sentence Examples

  • He was muscular and buff beneath the trench.

  • In the short time since he left, she had forgotten how buff he was.

  • In colour Anopheles is usually brownish or slaty, but sometimes buff, and the thorax frequently has a dark stripe on each side.

  • Randy, a science buff, was in the top third of the grad­uates and was also his class president.

  • Her eyes skimmed his perfect, buff body before the pain in her hand finally registered.

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