Jane could not believe it when her date polished off an entire chocolate cake.
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Polished
//ˈpɑlɪʃt//
Synonyms for "polished" (159 found)
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Strong matches (48)
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Adjective(6 words)
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 15 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ողորկ adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
Bulgarian
4 entries- блестящ adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
- елегантен adj (refined, elegant)
- изискан adj (refined, elegant)
- полиран adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
Dutch
1 entries- gepoetst adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
Finnish
3 entries- hieno adj (refined, elegant)
- hienostunut adj (refined, elegant)
- kiillotettu adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
French
1 entries- poli adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
German
1 entries- poliert adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
Greek
2 entries- γυαλιστερός adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
- ραφινάτος adj (refined, elegant)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְצֻחְצָח adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
Italian
4 entries- elegante adj (refined, elegant)
- lucido adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
- perfezionato adj (refined, elegant)
- pulito adj (refined, elegant)
Latin
1 entries- polītus adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
Romanian
3 entries- lustruit adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
- polizat adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
- șlefuit adj (refined, elegant)
Russian
1 entries- полиро́ванный adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
Sicilian
2 entries- pulitu adj (refined, elegant)
- pulizziatu adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
Ukrainian
1 entries- поліро́ваний adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
Welsh
4 entries- caboledig adj (made smooth or shiny by polishing)
- caboledig adj (refined, elegant)
- graenus adj (refined, elegant)
- llathredig adj (refined, elegant)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I polished up the floor and furniture.
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My brother polished the silver.
Source: tatoeba (278558)
His assistant polished his shoes.
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