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Adjective polished has 4 senses
- polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"
Antonyms: unpolished, raw, rough, unburnished
- polished, refined, svelte, urbane - 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"
Antonyms: naive, naif (indirect, via sophisticated)
- milled, polished - (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice"
Antonym: unprocessed (indirect, via processed)
- dressed, polished - (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
Antonym: unfinished (indirect, via finished)
Verb polish has 3 senses
- polish, smooth, smoothen, shine - (of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
--1 is one way to beautify, embellish, prettify
Sample sentence:
They polish the glass tubes
- polish, refine, fine-tune, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
--2 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
--3 is one way to perfect, hone
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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