1. An ardent follower and admirer
   "She was a buff of classical music and attended every symphony performance";
   - fan, devotee, lover
    
2. A medium to dark tan colour
   "Her hair was dyed a warm buff brown";
   - yellowish brown, raw sienna, caramel, caramel brown
    
3. A soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
   "The soldier's belt was made of buff leather"
    
4. An implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
   "The manicurist used a buff to smooth the client's nails";
   - buffer
    
5. State of being naked
   "He was caught in the buff while skinny-dipping"
    
6. [informal] (gaming) a temporary or permanent enhancement to a character's abilities, stats, or performance
   "The character received a buff to their attack speed"

1. Polish and make shiny
   "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes";
   - burnish, furbish
    
2. Strike, beat repeatedly
   "He buffed the punching bag";
   - buffet
    
3. [informal] (gaming) to apply an enhancement to a character's abilities, stats, or performance
   "The developers buffed the hero's defence in the latest patch"

1. Of the yellowish-beige colour of buff leather
   "She wore a buff-coloured jacket to the autumn festival"
    
2. [N. Amer, informal] (informal) having a well-developed, muscular physique
   "He's been working out and is looking really buff"

Derived forms: buffs, buffing, buffed

See also: chromatic

Type of: acolyte, brown, brownness, cutis, follower, hit, implement, leather, polish, shine, skin, smooth, smoothen, tegument

Part of: followers, following

Encyclopedia: Buff, Straub, and Hensman