What is the meaning of Burnish?

  1. To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

    To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

    Of a stag: to remove the velvet (skin and fine fur) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.

    To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.

    1. To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.

    To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.

    1. A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
    2. A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.

    A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.

    A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.

    The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or as if by, rubbing; an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.

    Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.

    Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.

    Source: wiktionary.org