Buff

What do we mean by buff?

A soft, thick, undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, elk, or oxen. noun

A military uniform coat made of such leather. noun

A pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange-yellow to light yellowish brown. noun

A piece of soft material, such as velvet or leather, often mounted on a block and used for polishing. noun

Made or formed of buff. adjective

Of the color buff. adjective

Having good muscle tone; physically fit and trim. adjective

To polish or shine with a piece of soft material. transitive verb

To soften the surface of (leather) by raising a nap. transitive verb

To make the color of buff. transitive verb

(in the buff) Naked. idiom

One who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a subject. noun

A bough. noun

Ä blow; a slap; a box; a stroke; a buffet. noun

To stammer.

To emit a dull sound.

In old armor, the chin-piece of the burgonet, corresponding to the aventaile, and pierced with holes to allow breathing. noun

To strike; buffet.

To resist; deaden, as a buffer.

To polish with a buff-wheel or buff-stick.

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.

A brownish yellow colour.

A military coat made of buff leather.

A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.

An effect that makes a character or item stronger.

Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.

The bare skin.

The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.

A substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.

Words that are spelled similarly to buff:
buff.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word buff:
streaked, streaking, rufous, reticulated, waistcoat, duller, underwing, breeches, tawny, nape, tinge, blotches, speckled, pinkish, rump, mottled, fascia, paler, whitish, belly, barring, cotta, drab, dusky, blackish, feathers, luger, shading, plumage, cinnamon, ochre, throat, costal, darker, fuscous, reddish, forewing, stipe, terracotta, pale, gills, sexes, cheeks, barred, stripe, edged, spotting, yellowish, funnel, breast, sandstone, underside, immature, chestnut, beak, coloured, medial, colored, tail, patch, faint, brick, hairs, glossy, terra, vent, buffy, spots, tipped, colour, spores, dull, wcw, steiner, striped, grey, brown, olive, tips, stripes, scales, basal, patches, dark, veins, conspicuous, abdomen, goose, slate, oblique, tan, subspecies, legs, moth, limestone, clan, collar, yellow, margin, trim.

Words that rhyme with buff:
tough, stuff, rough, enough, slough, bluff, puff, cuff, rebuff, huff, snuff, duff, fluff, ruff, gruff, scuff, scruff, muff, tuff, guff, chuff, luff, foodstuff, hough, earmuff, spliff, handcuff, sluff, stough, bruff, ruffe, fisticuff, cluff, macduff, dyestuff, off the cuff, ruf, pluff, overstuff, knuff, shruff, shuff, mcduff, cream puff, acuff, sure enough, good enough, hot stuff, marshmallow fluff, leboeuf, oddly enough, neck ruff, schuff, cuffe, get tough, sob stuff, soon enough, well enough, strangely enough, scottsbluff, small stuff, real stuff, create from raw stuff, trouser cuff, curiously enough, interestingly enough, goodnough, mcgough, dayhuff, lebouef, mcgeough, petstuff, piedboeuf, vakuf.

Adjectives that are often used to describe buff:
pale, light, pinkish, red, ochraceous, olive, yellowish, dull, white, reddish, deep, orange, dark, grayish, creamy, blind, yellow, brownish, black, warm, rich, fine, cinnamon, gray, brown, greenish, grey, golden, bright, greyish, whitish, sandy, soft, pink, plain, green, blue, tawny, clear, avid, vinaceous, rufous, uniform, mottled, dirty, rusty, paler, smooth, colonial, above, fabric, coarse, massive, trivia, grained, delicate, darker, antique, dusky, lighter, deeper, rosy, loose, dingy, mixed, amateur, ochreous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective buff:
ware, clay, color, colour, coat, waistcoat, slip, jerkin, leather, surface, body, fabric, brick, coats, sandstone, paper, envelope, pottery, ground, breeches, limestone, vest, stone, paste, facings, jerkins, tint, surfaces, stripe, sand, background, brown, breast, belts, wares, stoneware, yellow, belt, tip, dolomite, spots, boots, culture, orange, core, waistcoats, eggs, jar, trousers, exterior, weathering, gloves, inside, dress, sherds, underparts, tinge, edges, cloth, fracture, folder, tips, powder, wash, firing, stop, calico, cream, throat, outside, face, silk, plumage, earthenware, coloured, aloe, jackets, walls, shale, wrappers, marl, bars, flint, uniform, bowl, head, band, spot, shade, feathers, patches, cortex, streaks, gauntlets, bricks, stripes, patch, margins, jars.

Consonant match to buff:
beef, boff, biff, bouffe.

Words that sound like buff:
buff, buf, buffe, boeuf, biff, bef, bif, beef, baf, boff, boof, baff, bouffe, boyf, bof, bief, bife, bafe, boef, boaf, baffe, baef, byf, puff, bluff, buffet, piff, buffer, bff, buffy, buh, buffs, pif, buffed, birf, bov, bav, buffa, bruff, bumf, brf, bumph, bfe, buffi, bhf, poof, huff, hough, poff, pof, pouf, huf, hefe, paf, paff, pouffe, hufe, beth, bev, bith, biv, bui, beh, bih, biffy, bref, biffed, biffer, biffs, biffo, biffa, b.f, bifi, bathe, boothe, bothe, b, bae, ba, bah, bai, bamf, b e, -ble, b., bafd, baie, baith, balf, baft, baath, balfe, baee, baffa, baffy, bafo, baffi, bafa, baai, ba'ath.