Word Definition

Polish

  1. The language of the Poles.
  2. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
  3. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.
  4. Anything used to produce a gloss.
  5. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
  6. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
  7. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.

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