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Princeton's WordNet
polished(adj)
perfected or made shiny and smooth
"his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"
polished, refined, svelte, urbane(adj)
showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
"his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
milled, polished(adj)
(of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed
"polished rice"
dressed, polished(adj)
(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
Wiktionary
polished(Adjective)
Made smooth or shiny by polishing.
polished shoes
polished(Adjective)
refined, elegant
a polished performance
Webster Dictionary
Polished
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Polished(adj)
made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse
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Polished
Polished is an award winning short film directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly, featuring William B. Davis as a lonely aging businessman who yearns for human contact from shoeshiner Karyn Dwyer.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of polished in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of polished in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of polished in a Sentence
This discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported, the grinding tools, mortars and pestles, like the basalt bowl, attest to technological skills as well as to the kinds of crafts practiced in the local community.
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
Chris Christie has the best organizational staff in the state. They helped Steve King win against former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack in 2012, they helped Gov. Branstad demolish his Democratic opponent in 2014, and so that team is now working for Chris Christie, and they are the most polished and most insightful campaign staffers that I know.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel:
What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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