verb
- polishes or makes smooth and shiny by rubbing
- enhances or improves the quality or reputation of something
Usage: figurative
Examples
- She burnishes the silver candlesticks until they gleam.
- The jeweler burnishes each ring to perfection.
- He burnishes his reputation through charitable work.
- The company burnishes its image with environmental initiatives.
- The craftsman burnishes the metal surface with fine sandpaper.
- Regular practice burnishes her musical skills.