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Etymology

From Middle English < Old French < Latin polire (“to polish, make smooth”).

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Noun

polish (countable and uncountable; plural polishes)

  1. A substance used to polish.
    A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.
  2. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
    The floor was waxed to a high polish.
  3. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
    The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk.

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Verb

to polish (third-person singular simple present polishes, present participle polishing, simple past and past participle polished)

  1. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
    He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
  2. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
    The band has polished its performance since the last concert.

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make a surface smooth or shiny
  • Arabic: لمع (láʕama)
  • Chinese: 擦亮 (cāliàng)
  • Czech: leštit cs(cs)
  • Danish: polere, blanke, pudse (make shiny), glatte (make smooth)
  • Dutch: polijsten nl(nl), poetsen nl(nl), oppoetsen nl(nl)
  • Esperanto: poluri eo(eo)
  • Finnish: kiillottaa (make shiny), hioa (make smooth), puunata (colloquial)
  • French: polir fr(fr)
  • German: polieren de(de)
  • Hungarian: kifényesít hu(hu), políroz hu(hu)
  • Interlingua: polir; furbir (metal); lustrar (shoes); lisiar (= to smooth)
  • Italian: lucidare it(it)
  • Japanese: 磨く ja(ja) (migaku); (for rice) 研ぐ ja(ja) (togu)
  • Jèrriais: bliatchinner (of footwear)
  • Korean: 닥다 (dakda)
  • Polish: polerować, wygładzać
  • Portuguese: polir pt(pt)
  • Russian: полировать (polirovát’) (reflective surface), шлифовать (šlifovát’) (matte surface)
  • Spanish: pulir es(es), acicalar es(es)
  • Swedish: polera sv(sv), putsa sv(sv)
refine; improve imperfections from
  • Japanese: 洗練する ja(ja) (senren suru)
  • Portuguese: polir pt(pt)
  • Swedish: polera sv(sv), putsa sv(sv)
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  • Breton: lufrañ, levnañ
  • Bulgarian: излъсквам (1), шлифовам (2)
  • Catalan: polir
  • German: fegen
  • Persian: صیقل زدن (sayqal zadan)
  • Romanian: a lustrui
  • Spanish: pulir

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