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polish

DEFINITIONS OF: polish

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v make (a surface) shine

“polish my shoes”
Synonyms:
shine, smooth, smoothen
Types:
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Simonise, Simonize
polish with wax
sleek, slick
make slick or smooth
buff, burnish, furbish
polish and make shiny
gloss
give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
Type of:
beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify
make more beautiful

v improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

Synonyms:
down, fine-tune, refine
Types:
over-refine, overrefine
refine too much or with excess of subtlety
civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
sophisticate
make less natural or innocent
Type of:
ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
to make better

v bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

“polish your social manners”
Synonyms:
brush up, polish up, round, round off
Type of:
hone, perfect
make perfect or complete

n the property of being smooth and shiny

Synonyms:
burnish, gloss, glossiness
Types:
French polish
the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac
glaze
a glossy finish on a fabric
Type of:
smoothness
a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine
the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

n a preparation used in polishing

Types:
blacking, shoe polish
a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear
Simoniz
a brand of car polish
Type of:
formulation, preparation
a substance prepared according to a formula

n a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

“they performed with great polish”
Synonyms:
cultivation, culture, finish, refinement
Type of:
flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection
the state of being without a flaw or defect
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