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Polish
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- 1 Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language. not-comparable
"Vinokur pulled the trigger a second and third time. "You're lying, you Polish cunt!" he screamed."
- 1 of or relating to Poland or its people or culture wordnet
- 1 The language spoken in Poland. uncountable
"The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian."
- 2 A substance used to polish. countable, uncountable
"A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily."
- 3 the property of being smooth and shiny wordnet
- 4 A breed of chickens with a large crest of feathers. uncountable
- 5 Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess. countable, uncountable
"The floor was waxed to a high polish."
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- 6 the Slavic language of Poland wordnet
- 7 Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation. countable, uncountable
"The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk."
- 8 a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality wordnet
- 9 a preparation used in polishing wordnet
- 1 To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding. transitive
"He polished up the chrome until it gleamed."
- 2 bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state wordnet
- 3 To refine; remove imperfections from. transitive
"The band has polished its performance since the last concert."
- 4 improve or perfect by pruning or polishing wordnet
- 5 To apply shoe polish to shoes. transitive
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- 6 make (a surface) shine wordnet
- 7 To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface. intransitive
"Steel polishes well."
- 8 To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite. transitive
"Arts that polish Life."
Etymology
From Pole + -ish. Doublet of Poylish.
From Pole + -ish. Doublet of Poylish.
From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.
From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.
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