buff
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an ardent follower and admirer
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- following member holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
strike, beat repeatedly
The wind buffeted him
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Sense 3 adjective
of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
Related & opposite
- chromatic similar to
Sense 4 noun
a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
Types & categories
- leather hypernym
Sense 5 verb
polish and make shiny
buff the wooden floors
Types & categories
- polish hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
bare skin; naked
swimming in the buff
Types & categories
- skin hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a medium to dark tan color
Types & categories
- brown hypernym
- snuff-color hyponym
Related & opposite
- caramel derivation
Sense 8 noun
an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
Types & categories
- implement hypernym
Related & opposite
- burnish derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dedicate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | following |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | follower |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerophile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aficionado |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amorist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bacchanal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | groupie |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metalhead |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | chromatic |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | leather |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | buff |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | polisher |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | polish |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | polish |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | skin |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | caramel |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | brown |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | snuff-color |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | burnish |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | implement |