Past tense of burnish

Forms of burnish

Burnished in a sentence

• The locomotive had been magnificently burnished at Norwich depot, with polished brasswork and red-painted coupling rods—all the more creditable, Dr.1960 March, “Notes and News: Two Scenes from Norfolk”, in Railway Magazine, page 214
• Instead the material is perfectly executed punkadelic glam-bop burnished with a healthy dose of metallic insolence.1987 April, Judge I-Rankin', “Underground”, in Spin, page 41. From the entry punkadelic
• This example is a primitive burnished earthenware with chattered vertical comb lines.[1973 May, Mino Yutaka, “Liao Dynasty Ceramics at China House Gallery New York”, in The Connoisseur, volume 183, number 735, The National…. From the entry Chifeng
• Thus you could see the burnished helmet of each warrior set in readiness above his head.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 33. From the entry viking
• It’s also burnished by intriguing sense of vaguely dub-influenced space.2020 April 23, Alexis Petridis, “The Rolling Stones: Living in a Ghost Town review – their best new song in years”, in The Guardian. From the entry dub

Meaning of burnish

1. verb To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
2. verb Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
3. verb To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.

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Questions about the past tense of burnish

What is the past tense of burnish?

The past tense of burnish is burnished.

What is the past participle of burnish?

The past participle of burnish is burnished.

Is burnish a regular or irregular verb?

Burnish is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.