furbish(v = verb.contact) buff, burnish - polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
is one way to polish, shine, smooth, smoothen
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt." [1913 Webster]
furbish, v.tr. (often foll. by up)
1 remove rust from, polish, burnish.
2 give a new look to, renovate, revive (something antiquated).
Derivative:
furbisher n.
Etymology:
ME f. OF forbir f. Gmc
VB ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.