POLISHED
Dictionary entry overview: What does polished mean?
• POLISHED (adjective)
The adjective POLISHED has 4 senses:
1. perfected or made shiny and smooth
2. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
3. (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed
4. (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
Familiarity information: POLISHED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• POLISHED (adjective)
Meaning:
Perfected or made shiny and smooth
Context examples:
his polished prose / in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes / freshly polished silver
Similar:
bright; burnished; lustrous; shining; shiny (made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow)
finished ((of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected)
Also:
bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)
Antonym:
unpolished (not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing)
Meaning:
Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
Synonyms:
svelte; urbane; polished; refined
Context examples:
his polished manner / maintained an urbane tone in his letters
Similar:
sophisticated (having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire)
Meaning:
(of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed
Synonyms:
milled; polished
Context example:
polished rice
Similar:
processed (prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process)
Meaning:
(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
Synonyms:
dressed; polished
Similar:
finished ((of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state)
