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Burnished; Burnish; Burnishing (disambiguation)

Burnishing         
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Burnish.
burnish         
¦ verb [usu. as adjective burnished] polish by rubbing.
¦ noun the shine on a polished surface.
Derivatives
burnisher noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. burniss-, burnir, var. of brunir 'make brown', from brun 'brown'.
Burnished         
·Impf & ·p.p. of Burnish.

Wikipedia

Burnishing

Burnishing may refer to:

  • Burnishing (metal), plastic deformation of a surface due to sliding contact with another object
  • Burnishing (pottery), pottery polishing treatment
Examples of use of burnishing
1. Every answer dumps an awkward divisive problem on the Tories while simultaneously burnishing Labour‘s appeal.
2. Harris –– who spent more than $1 million burnishing his conservative credentials and attacking Gilchrest‘s.
3. They put it down to youths fighting over turf, burnishing their gang credentials.
4. The brightness of Hollywood‘s hottest star has begun to dim and it‘ll take some elaborate burnishing to bring it back.
5. Despite Russia‘s constitutional secularism, Kadyrov has been burnishing his Islamic credentials in Chechnya, which is predominantly Muslim.