burnish

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
2. 2
   Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
3. 3
   To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
4. 4
   To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.
5. 5
   Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.
6. 6
   Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.

Noun

1. 1
   A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
2. 2
   A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.
3. 3
   The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.