polish
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)polished, polishing
- make (a surface) shine“shine the silver, please”“polish my shoes”Synonyms: smoothsmoothenshineMore general fancify, beautifyMore specific gloss, buff, slick, SimonizeInvolves rub
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing“refine one's style of writing”Synonyms: refinefine-tunedownMore general better, improveMore specific educate, overrefine
- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state“polish your social manners”Synonyms: roundround offpolish upbrush upMore general perfect, hone
Noun (4)
- the property of being smooth and shinySynonyms: glossglossinessburnishType of radiance, smoothnessKinds glaze, French polish
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality“they performed with great polish”“I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose”“almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art — Joseph Conrad”Synonyms: refinementculturecultivationfinishType of perfection, flawlessness
- the Slavic language of PolandSynonyms: Polish languageType of Slavic, Slavic language
- a preparation used in polishingType of formulation, preparationKinds Simoniz, shoe polish
Adjective (1)
- of or relating to Poland or its people or culture“Polish sausage”Relating to Poland
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Translations
Verb make a surface smooth or shiny
- Spanish
- pulir
- French
- polir
- German
- polieren
- Italian
- lucidare
- Portuguese
- polir
- Turkish
- parlatmak
- Russian
- полирова́ть polirovátʹ
- Arabic
- لَمَّعَ lammaʕa
- Chinese
- 擦亮 cāliàng
- Japanese
- 磨く migaku
19 more languages
- Dutch
- polijsten
- Polish
- polerować
- Swedish
- putsa
- Greek
- γυαλίζω gyalízo
- Korean
- 닦다 dakda
- Vietnamese
- đánh bóng
- Hungarian
- fényez
- Portuguese (PT)
- polir
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 擦亮 cāliàng
- Catalan
- polir
- Czech
- leštit
- Danish
- polere
- Esperanto
- poluri
- Finnish
- kiillottaa
- Hebrew
- צִחְצֵחַ tsikhtséakh
- Icelandic
- pússa
- Norwegian
- polere
- Romanian
- lustrui
- Scottish Gaelic
- lìomh
Verb to refine
Proper noun the language of Poland
- Spanish
- polaco
- French
- polonais
- German
- Polnisch
- Italian
- polacco
- Portuguese
- polonês
- Turkish
- Lehçe
- Russian
- по́льский pólʹskij
- Arabic
- بُولَنْدِيَّة būlandiyya
- Chinese
- 波兰语 Bōlányǔ
- Japanese
- ポーランド語 pōrandogo
33 more languages
- Dutch
- Pools
- Polish
- język polski
- Swedish
- polska
- Greek
- πολωνικά poloniká
- Korean
- 폴란드어 pollandeueo
- Indonesian
- bahasa Polandia
- Vietnamese
- tiếng Ba Lan
- Hungarian
- lengyel
- Portuguese (PT)
- polaco
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 波蘭語 bōlányǔ
- Albanian
- polonisht
- Breton
- poloneg
- Catalan
- polonès
- Czech
- polština
- Danish
- polsk
- Esperanto
- pola
- Estonian
- poola keel
- Finnish
- puola
- Georgian
- პოლონური ṗolonuri
- Hebrew
- פולנית polanít
- Icelandic
- pólska
- Latvian
- poļu
- Lithuanian
- lenkų kalba
- Norwegian
- polsk
- Romanian
- poloneză
- Scottish Gaelic
- Pòlainnis
- Serbo-Croatian
- poljski
- Slovak
- poľština
- Slovenian
- poljščina
- Swahili
- Kipolandi
- Walloon
- polonès
- Welsh
- Pwyleg
- Yiddish
- פּויליש poylish
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: From Pole a Polander.
Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. — noun The language of the Poles.
Origin: 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.
2. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. John Milton
To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. slang William Howard Russell
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well. Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
Another prism of clearer glass and better polish.— Sir Isaac Newton
2. Anything used to produce a gloss.
3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
This Roman polish and this smooth behavior.— Joseph Addison
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54