polish
IPA: pˈɑɫɪʃ
Root Word: Polish
noun
- The language spoken in Poland.
- A breed of chickens with a large crest of feathers.
- A substance used to polish.
- Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
- Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
verb
- (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
- (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
- (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
- (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
- (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
adjective
- Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.
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Examples of "polish" in Sentences
- He used to be a shoe polisher.
- Polish is used in various ways.
- He purchased a diamond polisher.
- It is not a finisher and polisher.
- The surface is smooth and polished.
- I used a polisher to shine my shoes.
- The surface of the coating is polished.
- The surface of the instrument is well polished.
- At the end the surface will be shaped and polished.
- The floor was linoleum and shined from much polishing and care.