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Adjective polish has 1 sense
- Polish - of or relating to Poland or its people or culture; "Polish sausage"
Noun polish has 4 senses
- polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish - the property of being smooth and shiny
--1 is a kind of radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency; smoothness
--1 has particulars: French polish; glaze
- polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish - 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
--2 is a kind of perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
- polish - a preparation used in polishing
--3 is a kind of formulation, preparation
--3 has particulars: shoe polish, blacking; Simoniz
- Polish - the Slavic language of Poland
--4 is a kind of Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language
Verb polish has 3 senses
- polish, smooth, smoothen, shine - (of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
--1 is one way to beautify, embellish, prettify
Sample sentence:
They polish the glass tubes
- polish, refine, fine-tune, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
--2 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
--3 is one way to perfect, hone
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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