| ADJECTIVE | all | polished | perfected or made shiny and smooth |
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| all | polished, refined, urbane | showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience | |
| all | polished, milled | (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed | |
| all | polished, dressed | (of lumber or stone / stone) to trim and smooth |
| Sounds | paa'lihsht | |
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| Rhymes | accomplished ... varnished: 31 rhymes with ihsht... | |
| Meaning | perfected or made shiny and smooth. | |
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| Narrower | bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny | made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing |
| finished | (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence | |
| See also | bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts |
| refined | (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel | |
| Opposite | unpolished | not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing |
| Spanish | lustroso, pulido | |
| Meaning | showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience. | |
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| Example | "his polished manner" | |
| Synonyms | refined, urbane | |
| Broader | sophisticated | Having or appealing to those having worldly / worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire |
| Spanish | cortés, cultivado, culto, distinguido, refinado | |
| Catalan | cortès, culte, cultivat, distingit, il·lustrat, refinat | |
| Meaning | (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed. | |
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| Example | "polished rice" | |
| Synonym | milled | |
| Broader | processed | Prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process |
| Spanish | molido | |
| Meaning | (of lumber or stone / stone) to trim and smooth. | |
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| Synonym | dressed | |
| Broader | finished | (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final / final state |
| Spanish | pulido | |
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