POLISH
Dictionary entry overview: What does Polish mean?
• POLISH (noun)
The noun POLISH has 4 senses:
1. the property of being smooth and shiny
2. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
3. a preparation used in polishing
4. the Slavic language of Poland
Familiarity information: POLISH used as a noun is uncommon.
• POLISH (adjective)
The adjective POLISH has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to Poland or its people or culture
Familiarity information: POLISH used as an adjective is very rare.
• POLISH (verb)
The verb POLISH has 3 senses:
1. make (a surface) shine
2. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
3. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
Familiarity information: POLISH used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• POLISH (noun)
Meaning:
The property of being smooth and shiny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
burnish; glossiness; polish; gloss
Hypernyms ("polish" is a kind of...):
smoothness (a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch)
effulgence; radiance; radiancy; refulgence; refulgency; shine (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polish"):
French polish (the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac)
glaze (a glossy finish on a fabric)
Meaning:
A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
refinement; polish; cultivation; culture; finish
Context examples:
they performed with great polish / I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose / almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art
Hypernyms ("polish" is a kind of...):
flawlessness; ne plus ultra; perfection (the state of being without a flaw or defect)
Meaning:
A preparation used in polishing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("polish" is a kind of...):
formulation; preparation (a substance prepared according to a formula)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polish"):
blacking; shoe polish (a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear)
Simoniz (a brand of car polish)
Meaning:
The Slavic language of Poland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Polish" is a kind of...):
Slavic; Slavic language; Slavonic; Slavonic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages)
• POLISH (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to Poland or its people or culture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Polish sausage
Pertainym:
Poland (a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II)
• POLISH (verb)
Meaning:
Make (a surface) shine
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
polish; smooth; smoothen; shine
Context examples:
shine the silver, please / polish my shoes
Hypernyms (to "polish" is one way to...):
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
"Polish" entails doing...:
rub (move over something with pressure)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "polish"):
Simonise; Simonize (polish with wax)
sleek; slick (make slick or smooth)
buff; burnish; flush; furbish (polish and make shiny)
gloss (give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They polish the glass tubes
Meaning:
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
refine; fine-tune; polish; down
Context example:
refine one's style of writing
Hypernyms (to "polish" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "polish"):
civilise; civilize; cultivate; educate; school; train (train to be discriminative in taste or judgment)
over-refine; overrefine (refine too much or with excess of subtlety)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
polish up; brush up; round off; polish; round
Context example:
polish your social manners
Hypernyms (to "polish" is one way to...):
hone; perfect (make perfect or complete)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
