a soft, thick, light-yellow leather with a napped surface, originally made from buffalo skin but later also from other skins, used for making belts, pouches, etc.

a brownish-yellow color; tan.

a buff stick or buff wheel.

a devotee or well-informed student of some activity or subject

Civil War buffs avidly read the new biography of Grant.

Informal . the bare skin

in the buff.

Also called buffcoat. a thick, short coat of buffalo leather, worn esp. by English soldiers and American colonists in the 17th century.

Informal . a buffalo.

having the color of buff.

made of buff leather.

Slang . physically attractive; muscular.

to clean or polish (metal) or give a grainless finish of high luster to (plated surfaces) with or as if with a buff stick or buff wheel.

to polish or shine, esp. with a buffer

to buff shoes.

to dye or stain in a buff color.

noun

detractor , opponent

adjective

bare , blonde , canary , ecru , lemon , light brown , nude , ochre , straw , tan , tawny , yellow-brown , yellowish

noun

addict , admirer , aficionado , connoisseur , devotee , expert , fan , fiend * , freak * , habitu , hound , lover , votary , bug , fanatic , maniac , zealot

verb

brush , burnish , furbish , glaze , gloss , pumice , rub , sandpaper , scour , shine , smooth , polish , sleek , bear , devotee , enthusiast , expert , fan , naked , nude