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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. perfected or made shiny and smooth;
- Example: "his polished prose"
- Example: "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"
- Example: "freshly polished silver"

2. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience;
- Example: "his polished manner"
- Example: "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
[syn: polished, refined, svelte, urbane]

3. (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed;
- Example: "polished rice"
[syn: milled, polished]

4. (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth;
[syn: dressed, polished]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Polished \Pol"ished\, a.
   Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly
   finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished
   manners; polished verse.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Polish \Pol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Polishing.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf. Polite, -ish]
   1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to
      burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass,
      marble, metals, etc.
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   2. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or
      rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish
      life or manners. --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary.
      [Slang] --W. H. Russell.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

polished
    adj 1: perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose";
           "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly
           polished silver" [ant: unpolished]
    2: showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that
       comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner";
       "maintained an urbane tone in his letters" [syn: polished,
       refined, svelte, urbane]
    3: (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers
       removed; "polished rice" [syn: milled, polished]
    4: (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth [syn: dressed,
       polished]