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Buff   /bəf/   Listen
Buff

noun
1.
An ardent follower and admirer.  Synonyms: devotee, fan, lover.
2.
A soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen.
3.
Bare skin; naked.
4.
A medium to dark tan color.  Synonyms: caramel, caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown.
5.
An implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring).  Synonym: buffer.
adjective
1.
Of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather.
verb
1.
Strike, beat repeatedly.  Synonym: buffet.
2.
Polish and make shiny.  Synonyms: burnish, furbish.  "Buff my shoes"



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"Buff" Quotes from Famous Books



... pinkish-gray-buff, which may be called old ivory. It is not garish, as a dead white would be, especially in the strong California sunlight, but soft and restful to the eye. It harmonizes with the other colors selected, and, most important of all, it avoids ...
— The Jewel City • Ben Macomber
... Chief, it has become a matter of doubt with me, (although, as it respects myself personally, I was against all embroidery,) whether embroidery on the Cape, Cuffs, and Pockets of the Coat, and none on the buff waistcoat would not have a disjointed and awkward appearance." Probably nowhere did he show his good taste more than in his treatment of the idea of putting him in classic garments when his bust was ...
— The True George Washington [10th Ed.] • Paul Leicester Ford
... about on hands and knees in the dampness of the rhododendrons. Suddenly he reached his long arm in among the shrubs and picked up a little reed stick. On the end of it was a small cylinder of buff brown. ...
— The War Terror • Arthur B. Reeve
... yeh were gone away fer good," began Pete, at once. "When did yeh git back? How did dat Buff'lo bus'ness turn out?" ...
— Maggie: A Girl of the Streets • Stephen Crane
... felt that there was horrible truth in this. Stripped to the buff, he would have escaped without a doubt, for he could go through the water like a fish. But he was now fully clothed, and the water-sodden garments clung round him like a coating of lead, impeding his strokes, and cutting down his ...
— The Wolf Patrol - A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts • John Finnemore


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