VERB | contact | polish, smooth, smoothen, shine | make (a surface) shine |
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change | polish, refine, fine-tune, down | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | |
change | polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up | bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state | |
ADJECTIVE | pert | Polish | of or relating to Poland or its people or culture |
NOUN | attribute | polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish | the property of being smooth and shiny |
state | polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish | a highly developed state of perfection | |
substance | polish | a preparation used in polishing | |
communication | Polish | the Slavic language of Poland |
Sounds | paa'lihsh; pow'lihsh | |
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Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... |
Meaning | Of or relating to Poland or its people or culture. | |
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Spanish | polaca, polaco, polonés | |
Catalan | polonès | |
Nouns | Poland | a republic in central Europe |
Polish | the Slavic language of Poland |
Meaning | The property of being smooth and shiny. | |
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Synonyms | gloss, glossiness, burnish | |
Narrower | French polish | The glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac |
glaze | A glossy finish on a fabric | |
Broader | radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency | The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
smoothness | A texture without roughness | |
Spanish | barniz, pulimento | |
Catalan | lluentor, poliment | |
Verbs | polish | make (a surface) shine |
Meaning | A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality. | |
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Example | "they performed with great polish" | |
Synonyms | refinement, culture, cultivation, finish | |
Broader | perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra | The state of being without a flaw or defect / defect / defect / defect |
Spanish | refinamiento | |
Catalan | poliment, refinament | |
Verbs | polish | bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state |
polish | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing |
Meaning | A preparation used in polishing. | |
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Narrower | Simoniz | A brand of car polish |
shoe polish, blacking | A substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear | |
Broader | formulation, preparation | A substance prepared according to a formula |
Spanish | abrillantador | |
Catalan | llustre | |
Verbs | polish | make (a surface) shine |
Meaning | The Slavic language of Poland. | |
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Broader | Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language | A branch of the Indo-European family of languages |
Spanish | polaco | |
Catalan | polonès | |
Adjectives | Polish | of or relating to Poland or its people or culture |
Meaning | make (a surface) shine. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They polish the glass tubes | |
Example | "polish my shoes" | |
Synonyms | smooth, smoothen, shine | |
Entails | rub | Move over something with pressure |
Narrower | Simonize, Simonise | polish with wax |
buff, burnish, furbish | polish and make shiny | |
gloss | Give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing | |
slick, sleek | make slick or smooth | |
Broader | fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify | make more beautiful |
Spanish | abrillantar, acicalar, bruñir, cepillar, lustrar, pulir | |
Catalan | brunyir, enllustrar, llustrar, lustrar, polir, raspallar | |
Nouns | polish | the property of being smooth and shiny |
polish | a preparation used in polishing | |
polisher | a power tool used to buff surfaces | |
polishing | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it |
Meaning | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | refine, fine-tune, down | |
Narrower | educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise | Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment |
overrefine, over-refine | refine too much or with excess of subtlety | |
Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
Spanish | afinar, perfeccionar, pulimentar, pulir, refinar | |
Catalan | afinar, polir, refinar | |
Nouns | polish | a highly developed state of perfection |
Meaning | Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "polish your social manners" | |
Synonyms | round, round off, polish up, brush up | |
Broader | perfect, hone | make perfect or complete |
Spanish | arreglar, completar, pulir, redondear | |
Catalan | afinar, arrodonir, completar, polir | |
Nouns | polish | a highly developed state of perfection |
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