Definition of "burnished" []

• Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher). (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of burnish. (verb)

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• "By the time Delvin burnished the last of the tape and pulled the leads down the sun was rising."
• "Without doubt, the main burnished piece is the pitcher which holds refreshing drinking water."
• "But the Golden Gate Bridge, which opened to pedestrians 70 years ago today -- at 6 a.m. on May 27, 1937 -- is more than an international icon in burnished red."