| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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