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