'Buff' definitions:

Definition of 'buff'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
noun
An ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover]
noun
A soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
noun
Bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"
noun
A medium to dark tan color [syn: yellowish brown, raw sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown]
noun
An implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) [syn: buff, buffer]
verb
Strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn: buffet, buff]
verb
Polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish]

Definition of 'Buff'

From: GCIDE
  • Buff \Buff\, a.
  • 1. Made of buff leather. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of the color of buff. [1913 Webster]
  • Buff coat, a close, military outer garment, with short sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering.
  • Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward, one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] --Nares.
  • Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff leather, used in polishing. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Buff'

From: GCIDE
  • Buff \Buff\ (b[u^]f), n. [OE. buff, buffe, buff, buffalo, F. buffle buffalo. See Buffalo.]
  • 1. A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner. "A suit of buff." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown. [1913 Webster]
  • A visage rough, Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A military coat, made of buff leather. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Med.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mech.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • To be in buff is equivalent to being naked. --Wright. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Buff'

From: GCIDE
  • Buff \Buff\, v. t. to polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a buff[5]. See Buff, n., 5. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Buff'

From: GCIDE
  • Buff \Buff\, v. t. [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a blow.] To strike. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Buff'

From: GCIDE
  • Buff \Buff\, n. [See Buffet.] A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff." See blindman's buff. [1913 Webster]
  • Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent That made him reel. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Buff'

From: GCIDE
  • Buff \Buff\, a. [Of uncertain etymol.] Firm; sturdy. [1913 Webster]
  • And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'buff'

From: GCIDE
  • colorful \colorful\ adj.
  • 1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing; prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled}]
  • Syn: colourful. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious; flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque] [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and monochrome.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn, reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden; azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful, blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy; brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary, canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation; chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored, earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green, dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender, lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored; ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive; orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish; purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red; rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel, brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine; tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish; yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey, honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta; maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green; sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.]
  • Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]

Synonyms of 'buff'

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