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–adjective

1.	made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.

2.	naturally smooth and glossy: polished pebbles on the beach.

3.	refined, cultured, or elegant: a polished manner.

4.	flawless; skillful; excellent: a polished conversationalist.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME polist. See polish, -ed²

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pol·ish Audio Help   (pŏl'ĭsh) Pronunciation Key
v.   pol·ished, pol·ish·ing, pol·ish·es

v.   tr.

To make smooth and shiny by rubbing or chemical action.
To remove the outer layers from (grains of rice) by rotation in drums.
To free from coarseness; refine: polish one's manners.
To remove flaws from; perfect or complete: polish one's piano technique; polish up the lyrics.

v. intr.

To become smooth or shiny by or as if by being rubbed.
To become perfect or refined.

Smoothness or shininess of surface or finish.
A substance containing chemical agents or abrasive particles and applied to smooth or shine a surface: shoe polish.
The act or process of polishing.
Elegance of style or manners; refinement.

Phrasal Verb(s):
polish off Informal
To finish or dispose of quickly and easily.

[Middle English polisshen, from Old French polir, poliss-, from Latin polīre; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

pol'ish·er n.

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pol·ished Audio Help (pŏl'ĭsht) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Made shiny and smooth by or as if by rubbing or chemical action.
2. Naturally shiny and smooth.
Having the husk or outer layers removed. Used of grains of rice.
Refined; cultured: polished manners.
Having no imperfections or errors; flawless: gave a polished presentation to the board.

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polished
adjective
1.	perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver" [ant: unpolished]
2.	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"
3.	(of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice" [syn: milled]
4.	(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth [syn: dressed]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈpolished adjective

(negative unpolished)

Arabic:	مَصْقول، مَجلو، مُلَمَّع
Chinese (Simplified):	磨光的
Chinese (Traditional):	磨光的
Czech:	lesklý
Danish:	pudset; poleret
Dutch:	gepolijst
Estonian:	lihvitud
Finnish:	hienostunut
French:	(non) poli
German:	poliert
Greek:	γυαλισμένος
Hungarian:	fényes
Icelandic:	gljáandi, fægður, bónaður
Indonesian:	dipoles
Italian:	lucido

Japanese:	磨きのかかった
Korean:	광택이 나는
Latvian:	pulēts; spodrināts
Lithuanian:	poliruotas, blizgantis
Norwegian:	blankpusset, polert
Polish:	polerowany
Portuguese (Brazil):	polido
Portuguese (Portugal):	polido
Romanian:	(ne)lustruit
Russian:	полированный
Slovak:	lesklý
Slovenian:	pološčen
Spanish:	pulido
Swedish:	polerad
Turkish:	cilâlı

See also: polish, polish off

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Polished

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.

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