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▸ noun: (figurative) Shining light from within, luminosity, brightness, shine.
▸ noun: (figurative) Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction.
▸ noun: (figurative) Shining fame, renown, glory.
▸ noun: (figurative) Polish, social refinement.
▸ noun: A thing exhibiting luster, particularly
▸ noun: (literary) Any shining body or thing.
▸ noun: A piece of glass added to a light (especially a chandelier) to increase its luster.
▸ noun: An ornamental light providing luster, especially a chandelier.
▸ noun: A substance that imparts luster to a surface, such as polish, gloss, plumbago, glaze, etc.
▸ noun: The layer of an object that imparts luster, chiefly with regard to ceramics.
▸ noun: A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.
▸ verb: (intransitive, now rare) To have luster, to gleam, to shine.
▸ verb: (intransitive, now rare) To gain luster, to become lustrous.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give luster, particularly
▸ verb: (obsolete) To make illustrious or attractive, to distinguish.
▸ verb: To coat with a lustrous material or glaze, to impart physical luster to an object.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To shed light on, to illustrate, to show.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) Synonym of lustrate, particularly
▸ verb: Synonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew.
▸ verb: Synonym of look, to look over, to survey.
▸ noun: (now rare) One who lusts, one inflamed with lust.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Synonym of den: a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals.
▸ noun: A surname from German.
▸ noun: Clipping of lusterware: highly lustrous ceramics. [A type of pottery having an iridescent metallic glaze]
▸ noun: Alternative form of lustrum: A five-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts. [(historical) A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census.]
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