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• buff — [16] Buff originally meant ‘buffalo’; it was presumably an alteration of the French word buffe ‘buffalo’. That sense had died out by the early 18th century, but since then the word has undergone a bizarre series of semantic changes. First, it… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• buff — [16] Buff originally meant ‘buffalo’; it was presumably an alteration of the French word buffe ‘buffalo’. That sense had died out by the early 18th century, but since then the word has undergone a bizarre series of semantic changes. First, it… …   Word origins

• buff — buff1 [buf] n. [earlier buffe, buffalo < Fr buffle < It bufalo,BUFFALO] 1. a heavy, soft, brownish yellow leather made from the skin of the buffalo or from other animal hides 2. a military coat made of this leather 3. a) a stick or small… …   English World dictionary

• Buff-rumped Warbler — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Buff — Buff, v. t. to polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a {buff[5]}. See {Buff}, n., 5. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• buff — [[t]bʌf[/t]] n. 1) clo a soft, thick, light yellow leather with a napped surface, orig. made from buffalo skin 2) a brownish yellow color; tan 3) mel a stick, block, or wheel covered with leather or other soft material, used for polishing 4) a… …   From formal English to slang

• buff — buff1 buffability, n. buffable, adj. /buf/, n. 1. a soft, thick, light yellow leather with a napped surface, originally made from buffalo skin but later also from other skins, used for making belts, pouches, etc. 2. a brownish yellow color; tan.… …   Universalium

• buff — I UK [bʌf] / US noun Word forms buff : singular buff plural buffs 1) [countable] someone who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular subject a film/computer/wine buff 2) [uncountable] a very light yellow brown colour, similar to… …   English dictionary

• Buff-breasted Buttonquail — Taxobox name = Buff breasted Buttonquail status = EN | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Turniciformes familia = Turnicidae genus = Turnix species = T. olivei binomial = Turnix olivei binomial… …   Wikipedia

• buff — buff1 [ bʌf ] noun 1. ) count someone who is very interested in and knows a lot about a particular subject: a movie/computer/wine buff 2. ) uncount a very light yellow brown color, similar to the color of sand in the buff INFORMAL wearing no… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• buff — [[t]bʌ̱f[/t]] buffs, buffing, buffed 1) COLOUR Something that is buff is pale brown in colour. He took a largish buff envelope from his pocket. 2) N COUNT: supp N You use buff to describe someone who knows a lot about a particular subject. For… …   English dictionary