1. Make (a surface) shine
   "polish my shoes"
   - smooth, smoothen, shine 
2. Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
   - refine, fine-tune, down 
3. Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
   "polish your social manners"
   - round, round off, polish up, brush up

1. The property of being smooth and shiny
   - gloss, glossiness, burnish 
2. A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
   "they performed with great polish"
   - refinement, culture, cultivation, finish 
3. A preparation used in polishing

1. The Slavic language of Poland

1. Of or relating to Poland or its people or culture
   "Polish sausage"

Derived forms: polished, polishing, polishes

See also: Poland, polisher, polishing

Type of: ameliorate, amend, beautify, better, effulgence, embellish, fancify, flawlessness, formulation, hone, improve, meliorate, ne plus ultra, perfect, perfection, preparation, prettify, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language, smoothness

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