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"
Definitions of polish 
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
