Polish

Definitions

1. Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language
2. A substance used to polish.
   countable, uncountable
3. The language spoken in Poland.
   uncountable
4. The language spoken in Poland
5. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
   countable, uncountable
6. Of or relating to Poland, the Poles, their language, or their culture.
7. A breed of chickens with a large crest of feathers.
   uncountable
8. A breed of chickens with a large crest of feathers
9. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
   countable, uncountable
10. The Slavic language of the Poles.
11. To become smooth or shiny by being rubbed: The table polishes up nicely.
12. To finish or dispose of quickly and easily.
13. (negative unpolished). gepoets مَصْقول، مَجلو، مُلَمَّع шлифован polido lesklý poliert pudset; poleret γυαλισμένος pulido lihvitud صیقلی kiillotettu poliמבריק पॉलिशदार, परिष्कृत, परिमार्जित ulašten, dotjeran fényes dipoles gljáandi, fægður, bónaður lucido 磨きのかかった 광택이 나는 poliruotas, blizgantis pulēts; spodrināts berkilat gepolijstblankpusset, polert polerowany صيقل polido (ne)lus­truit полированный lesklý pološčen izglancan polerad เป็นเงาวาว cilâlı 磨光的 полірований پالش لگا ہوا bóng láng 磨光的
    negative
14. to finish. She polished off the last of the ice-cream. opvreet يُنْهي свършвам terminar spořádat verdrücken blive færdig med αποτελειώνωdespachar; zamparse lõppu peale tegema تمام کردن tehdä selvää finir לְסַייֵם जल्दी समाप्त करना, खत्म करना sve pojesti, smazati befejez menghabiskan ljúka við finire 片づける 먹어 치우다 sušveisti (ātri) pabeigt menghabiskan opmakensette til livs, spise opp wykańczać تمام كول terminar a da gata, a termina покончить, разделаться zhltnúť, spakovať postrgati dovršiti svep...
15. To make smooth and shiny by rubbing or chemical action.
16. To remove the outer layers from (grains of rice) by rotation in drums.
17. To refine or remove flaws from; perfect or complete: polish one's piano technique; polish up the lyrics.
18. Smoothness or shininess of surface or finish.

Equivalents

Examples

“The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand⟳ other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian.”

“A good silver polish will remove⟳ tarnish easily.”

“The floor was waxed to a high polish.”

“The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last⟳ talk⟳.”

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