Found 4 items, similar to polish.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: polish
semir
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: polish
ganyah, menggosok, mengupam, menyemir, pelitur, semir, upam
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: polish
polish
v 1: (of surfaces) make shine;
“shine the silver, please”;
“polish my shoes” [syn:
smooth,
smoothen,
shine]
2: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
“refine one's
style of writing” [syn:
refine,
fine-tune,
down]
3: bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state;
“polish your social manners” [syn:
round,
round off,
polish up
,
brush up]
polish
n 1: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn:
gloss,
glossiness,
burnish]
2: 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:
refinement,
culture,
cultivation,
finish]
3: a preparation used in polishing
4: the Slavic language of Poland
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Polish
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.
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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.
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To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary.
[Slang] --W. H. Russell.
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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.
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Polish
\Pol"ish\, a. [From
Pole a Polander.]
Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. -- n. The
language of the Poles.
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Polish
\Pol"ish\, n.
1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a
gloss or luster.
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Another prism of clearer glass and better polish.
--Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Anything used to produce a gloss.
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3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
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This Roman polish and this smooth behavior.
--Addison.
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