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. [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] 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] Polish \Pol"ish\, a. [From Pole a Polander.] Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. -- n. The language of the Poles. [1913 Webster] 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]