Definitions of Polish [ˈpɒl ɪʃ]

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Definition of 'Polish'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) polish
to make smooth and glossy, esp. by rubbing or friction.

2.  polish
to render finished, refined, or elegant:
to polish a speech.

3. (v.i.) polish
to become smooth and glossy through polishing.

4.  polish
Archaic. to become refined or elegant.

5.  polish
to finish or dispose of quickly:
to polish off a gallon of ice cream.

6.  polish
to subdue or get rid of (an opponent).

7. (n.) polish
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
shoe polish.

8.  polish
the act of polishing.

9.  polish
the state of being polished.

10.  polish
smoothness and gloss of surface.

11.  polish
refinement.

12. (n.) Polish
the West Slavic language of Poland.

13. (adj.) Polish
of or pertaining to Poland, its inhabitants, or the language Polish.

Etymology: (1695–1705)

Definition of 'Polish'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
the property of being smooth and shiny

2. (noun) polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish
a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
"they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad

3. (noun) polish
a preparation used in polishing

4. (adj) Polish
the Slavic language of Poland

5. (verb) Polish
of or relating to Poland or its people or culture
"Polish sausage"

6. (verb) polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
make (a surface) shine
"shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"

7. (verb) polish, refine, fine-tune, down
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
"refine one's style of writing"

8. (verb) polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
"polish your social manners"

Definition of 'Polish'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) polish
to clean sth with polish to make it shine
to polish the furniture/your shoes

2. polish
to perfect a skill
I need to polish up my Spanish before my trip to Mexico.

3. (noun) polish
a substance you rub onto sth to make it clean and shiny
furniture polish

Definition of 'Polish'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Polish
of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants

2. (noun) Polish
the language of the Poles

3. (noun) Polish
a smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster

4. (noun) Polish
anything used to produce a gloss

5. (noun) Polish
fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners

6. (verb) Polish
to make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc

7. (verb) Polish
hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners

8. (verb) Polish
to become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well

Translation of 'Polish'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make smooth and shiny by rubbing She polished her shoes.
Afrikaans: poets	Arabic: يَصْقُل، يُلَمِّع	Bulgarian: полирам
Brazilian: polir	Czech: vyleštit	German: polieren
Danish: pudse; polere	Greek: γυαλίζω, λουστράρω	Spanish: lustrar, abrillantar, sac
Estonian: läikima nühkima	Farsi: جلا دادن	Finnish: kiillottaa
French: cirer	Hebrew: לְצַחצֵח	Hindi: चमकाना
Croatian: ulaštiti, polirati	Hungarian: (ki)fényesít	Indonesian: menggosok
Icelandic: bursta, pússa	Italian: lucidare	Japanese: 磨く
Korean: 광택을 내다	Lithuanian: blizginti,šveisti, poliru	Latvian: pulēt; spodrināt
Malay: menggilap	Dutch: poetsen	Norwegian: pusse, polere, bone
Polish: polerować, nadawać połysk	Persian: جلا دادن	Pashto: جلا وركول
Portuguese: polir	Romanian: a lustrui	Russian: полировать
Slovak: vyleštiť	Slovenian: loščiti	Serbian: glancati
Swedish: putsa, polera	Thai: ขัด	Turkish: parlatmak
Taiwanese: 擦亮	Ukrainian: полірувати, шліфувати	Urdu: چکنا چمک دار بنانا
Vietnamese: đánh bóng	Chinese: 擦亮
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