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Definition: BURNISHING |
BURNISHINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Burnish |
Date "BURNISHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Metallurgy | Forming a film of oxide on the article, particularly to improve its appearance. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BURNISHING |
| English words defined with "BURNISHING": Burnishing machine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BURNISHING": AIRCRAFT SKIN BURNISHER ♦ ball burnishing, ball sizing, BELL SPINNER, BURNISHER, BALANCE WHEEL ARM ♦ EDGE BURNISHER, UPPERS, engraved-roller inspector, ENGRAVER, MACHINE ♦ FLAT CLOTHIER ♦ GLOBE MOUNTER, GOLD BURNISHER ♦ PALLET RECTIFIER, PHOTOENGRAVING FINISHER, plate finisher, photoengraving, PRINTING-ROLLER POLISHER, PROBE TEST EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS ♦ roller inspector and mender, ROLLER REPAIRER ♦ SKETCH MAKER I, SUPERVISOR, TUMBLING AND ROLLING ♦ TIP FINISHER ♦ upper edger. (references) |
| "BURNISHING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "BURNISHING" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 85.71% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "BURNISHING": Burnishing machine. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
burnishing | 24 |
burnishing tool | 9 |
roller burnishing | 7 |
burnishing media | 5 |
burnishing pad | 3 |
burnishing floor | 3 |
burnishing services | 2 |
burnishing machine | 2 |
roller burnishing tool | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BURNISHING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | полировъчен (buffing, polishing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Chinese | "亮 (Burnished, Polished, Polishing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Danish | brunering (black finishing, browning). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | bruineren (black finishing, browning, burnish). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | brunissage (burn). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Bruenieren (black finishing, browning), Polieren (brush up, buff, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, polish, polish up, polishing, rub, rubbing, shine, shining, simonize, slick, to polish, to slick). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | τριβή με σκληρό λειαντήρα (black finishing, browning). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hebrew | צחצוח (buffing, dilution, polish). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | simítás (alignment, setting coat, smooth, smoothing), pácolás (cure, curing, pickling), fényezés (enamelling, hot pressing, japanning, paintwork, polish, varnishing), fényesítés (shine, spit and polish), csiszolás (grinding). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | brunitura (black finishing, browning). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 艶出し (glazing, polishing), 磨き (improvement, polish). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | つや し (glazing, polishing), みがき (improvement, polish). (various references) | ||||||||||
Manx | jannoo sollys (burnish, illuminate), gloassey (buff, buffing, burnish). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | urnishingbay brunimento (black finishing, browning), brunidura (black finishing, browning). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BURNISHING": burnishings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-h-i-i-n-n-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: bruising, brushing, burnings, insuring, shrining. | |
-3 letters: brining, brinish, burning, burnish, bushing, inuring, nursing, rinsing, ruining, rushing, shining, subring. | |
-4 letters: brings, brughs, bruins, burghs, burins, busing, hiring, hubris, inrush, inurns, rising, siring, unrigs. | |
-5 letters: brigs, bring, brins, brugh, bruin, brush, buhrs, bungs, bunns, burgh, burgs, burin, burns, girns, girsh, grins, grubs, gursh, inurn, iring, nighs. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-h-i-i-n-n-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: burnishings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 52 4E 49 53 48 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. -. .. ... .... .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01010010 01001110 01001001 01010011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U R N I S H I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 0052 004E 0049 0053 0048 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36555248435342434841 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | датски език, датски, 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, grego |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , joods, Hebreeuws, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, português |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês |
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