Definition of Polished. Meaning of Polished. Synonyms of Polished

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Definition of Polished

Polished
Polished Pol"ished, a. Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
Polished
Polish Pol"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr. & vb. n. Polishing.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf. Polite, -ish] 1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc. 2. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. --Milton. To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] --W. H. Russell.
Polish
Polish Pol"ish, a. [From Pole a Polander.] Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. -- n. The language of the Poles.
Polish
Polish Pol"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr. & vb. n. Polishing.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf. Polite, -ish] 1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc. 2. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. --Milton. To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] --W. H. Russell.
Polish
Polish Pol"ish, v. i. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well. --Bacon.
Polish
Polish Pol"ish, n. 1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster. Another prism of clearer glass and better polish. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Anything used to produce a gloss. 3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners. This Roman polish and this smooth behavior. --Addison.

Meaning of Polished from wikipedia

- finishes, from the very highly polished Venetian plaster and Marmorino to the rugged look of textured polished plasters. Polished plaster itself tends to consist...
- Polished concrete is a multi-step process where a concrete floor is mechanically ground, honed and polished with bonded abrasives in order to achieve...
- Polish language Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent Polish chicken Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American...
- Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the...
- Polished plate is a type of hand-made gl****. It is produced by casting gl**** onto a table and subsequently grinding and polishing the gl****. This was...
- Polish (endonym: język polski, [ˈjɛ̃zɘk ˈpɔlskʲi] , polszczyzna [pɔlˈʂt͡ʂɘzna] or simply polski, [ˈpɔlskʲi] ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic...
- The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint...
- the surface imperfections and to obtain optimal results. The strength of polished products can be higher than their unpolished counterparts owing to the...
- Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the...
- The Polish złoty (alternative spelling: zloty; Polish: polski złoty, Polish: [ˈzwɔtɨ] ; abbreviation: zł; code: PLN) is the official currency and legal...