resources, means, assets, capital; funds, finances, moneys, purse.
-v. 5. estimate, cost, cost out; plan, docket, sched
ule, program.
6. allow, allocate, allot, ration,
buff, v. 1. polish, burnish, furbish, shine; wax,
varnish, gloss; rub, rub up, smooth.
-adj. 2. yellow, yellowish, gold, apricot, canary, sallow, citron, lemon,
buffer, n. 1. shock absorber, bumper, fender; cushion, pillow, pad, mat.
2. guard, shield, screen; wall, dividing wall, partition, barrier, embankment, bulwark, rampart, levee, dike.
-v. 3. absorb, cushion, pad, dull, deaden; ease, lessen, diminish, mitigate, alleviate.
buffet1, n. 1. blow, box, Inf. clip, cuff, poke, jab, dab, pat; thwack, slap, strike. See - blow (def. 1).
2. shock, concussion, shaking, jolt, jar; collision, clash, crash, bang.
-v. 3. slap, punch, hit, Inf. clout, Inf. buff, SI. slug, SI. bash, rap; beat, pound, thump, thrash, Inf. wallop.
4. push, shove, thrust, butt, bunt; knock, brush, jostle, bump, ram, bang, hit, disturb.
5. contend against, clash, conflict with, struggle against; fight, battle, give or do battle, joust; brawl, feud, come to blows; pommel, beat, beat into the ground, batter.
buffet2, n. 1. sideboard, cabinet, cupboard, closet, locker, bureau.
2. lunch stand, stand, counter, shelf, table, board; cafeteria, lunchroom, snack bar, automat.
-adj. 3. smorgasbord, potluck; mixed bag, assorted; help-yourself, do-it-yourself,
buffoon, n. jester, clown, fool, jokester; comedian, funnyman, wit, wag; mime, mimic, pantomimist, mummer; goliard, gracioso, pantaloon; acrobat, con-tortioner, juggler. See - fool (def. 2). bugbear, n. 1. bugaboo, bogy, Inf. bogyman; hobgoblin, ogre, spectre, phantom, scarecrow; monster, gorgon; nightmare.
2. anathema, abomination, hate, pet peeve, Fr. bete noire; annoyance, bane, irritation, thorn in the flesh or side.
bugle, n. cornet, horn, tooter; trumpet, clarion,
build, v. 1. construct, assemble, set up; make, fabricate, manufacture, produce; erect, elevate, raise, rear, put up.
2. mold, form, fashion, model, shape, frame; create, invent, originate, devise, compose, put together; cast, block, hammer, forge, sculpture.
3. establish, found, originate, base.
4. develop, increase, strengthen; intensify, heighten, magnify, accelerate, speed up, pick up, quicken. -n. S. manner, form, shape, configuration; physique, figure, body, frame.
building, n. 1. structure, construction, erection, superstructure; edifice, fabric, pile; house, lodge.
2. construction, erection; making, manufacturing, framing, forming,
bulge, n. 1. projection, protrusion, convexity, prominence, protruberance, (of a bone) tuberosity; nodule, node, knob, mass, lump, bump; swelling, intumescence, tumefaction, dilation, enlarging.
2. increase, augmentation, acceleration, intensification; surge, rise, boost.
-v. 3. swell, swell up or out, puff up or out, tumefy; bag, belly, balloon, balloon up or out or forth; expand, distend, dilate, enlarge, bloat.