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| in the buff |
| 1. prep. (idiomatic, informal) Nude. |
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| She was in the buff on the beach. |
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| The streaker ran across the playing field in the buff. |
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| Analysis |
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| in |
| 1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. |
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| 2. prep. Contained by. |
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| The dog is in the kennel. |
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| 3. prep. Within. |
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| 4. prep. Surrounded by. |
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| the |
| 1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already |
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| I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) |
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| The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) |
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| The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. |
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| 2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. |
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| buff |
| 1. n. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. |
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| 2. n. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. |
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| 3. n. A brownish yellow colour. |
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| (color panel, F0DC82) |
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| 4. n. A military coat made of buff leather. |
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