polisht

Adjective

polished (comparative more polished, superlative most polished)

1. Made smooth or shiny by polishing.
   • polished shoes
2. Refined, elegant.
   • a polished performance

Verb

polish (third-person singular simple present polishes, present participle polishing, simple past and past participle polished)

1. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
   • He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.

   Synonyms:

   wax, shine, buff, furbish, burnish, smooth, bone

2. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
   • The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
3. (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
4. (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
   • Steel polishes well.
5. (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
   • Arts that polish Life.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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