'Polish' definitions:
Definition of 'Polish'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to Poland or its people or culture; "Polish sausage"
noun
noun
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 [syn: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish]
noun
A preparation used in polishing
noun
The Slavic language of Poland
verb
Make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" [syn: polish, smooth, smoothen, shine]
verb
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" [syn: polish, refine, fine-tune, down]
verb
Definition of 'Polish'
From: GCIDE
- Polish \Pol"ish\, v. i. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Polish'
From: GCIDE
- Polish \Pol"ish\, n.
- 1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster. [1913 Webster]
- Another prism of clearer glass and better polish. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything used to produce a gloss. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners. [1913 Webster]
- This Roman polish and this smooth behavior. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Polish'
From: GCIDE
- Polish \Pol"ish\, a. [From Pole a Polander.] Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. -- n. The language of the Poles. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Polish'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'polish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abradant,
- abrasive,
- acculturation,
- acquired taste,
- aluminum oxide,
- ameliorate,
- appreciation of excellence,
- appropriateness,
- Atticism,
- auto polish,
- beautify,
- better,
- breeding,
- brighten,
- brighten up,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- brush up,
- buff,
- bump off,
- burnish,
- chasteness,
- chastity,
- choiceness,
- civility,
- civilization,
- civilized taste,
- civilizedness,
- clarity,
- classicalism,
- classicism,
- clean,
- clearness,
- colcothar,
- comeliness,
- con,
- conclude,
- consume,
- correct,
- correctness,
- corundum,
- crocus,
- cultivate,
- cultivated taste,
- cultivation,
- culture,
- daintiness,
- delicacy,
- destroy,
- develop,
- dignity,
- directness,
- discrimination,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- distinction,
- do away with,
- do in,
- dress,
- ease,
- eat,
- education,
- elaborate,
- elegance,
- elegancy,
- eliminate,
- embellish,
- emend,
- emery,
- emery board,
- emery paper,
- enculturation,
- end,
- enhance,
- enlightenment,
- evolve,
- excellence,
- fastidiousness,
- felicitousness,
- felicity,
- file,
- finesse,
- finish,
- fittingness,
- fix,
- flow,
- flowing periods,
- fluency,
- freshen,
- furbish,
- furbish up,
- garnet,
- genteelness,
- gentility,
- gentlemanlikeness,
- gentlemanliness,
- gentleness,
- glance,
- glaze,
- gleam,
- glint,
- gloss,
- glow,
- good breeding,
- good taste,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- graciosity,
- graciousness,
- improve,
- kill,
- ladylikeness,
- lawn-roller,
- learn,
- limpidity,
- liquidate,
- lucidity,
- luster,
- mature,
- mend,
- murder,
- nail file,
- naturalness,
- neatness,
- niceness,
- nicety,
- oil,
- patina,
- pellucidity,
- perfect,
- perspicuity,
- plainness,
- polish off,
- polish up,
- polishes,
- propriety,
- pumice,
- pumice stone,
- purity,
- put away,
- quality,
- radiance,
- rasp,
- refine,
- refinement,
- renovate,
- repair,
- restraint,
- retouch,
- review,
- revive,
- ripen,
- roller,
- rottenstone,
- rouge,
- round,
- rub,
- rub out,
- rub up,
- sand,
- sandblast,
- sandpaper,
- scour,
- scrub,
- season,
- seemliness,
- sheen,
- shine,
- shoe polish,
- silicon carbide,
- silver polish,
- simplicity,
- slay,
- sleek,
- sleeker,
- slick,
- slick down,
- slicker,
- smooth,
- smoother,
- smoothness,
- socialization,
- sophistication,
- sparkle,
- spruce,
- spruce up,
- straightforwardness,
- study,
- subtlety,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- terminate,
- terseness,
- tone up,
- touch up,
- unaffectedness,
- vamp,
- vamp up,
- varnish,
- wax,
- wolf down
Words containing 'Polish'
- Polishable,
- Polished,
- Polisher,
- Polishing,
- Polishment,
- To polish off,
- polish off,
- polish up,
- French polish,
- Polish draughts,
- Polish plait,
- Polishing iron,
- Polishing slate,
- Polishing snake,
- Polishing wheel,
- apple polisher,
- apple polishing,
- nail polish,
- polish notation,
- polished rice,
- shoe polish,
- spit and polish,
- french polish shellac,
- polish monetary unit,
- reverse polish notation