Polish

Po·lish  (plsh)

adj.

Of or relating to Poland, the Poles, their language, or their culture.

n.

The Slavic language of the Poles.

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pol·ish  (plsh)

v. pol·ished, pol·ish·ing, pol·ish·es

v.tr.

1. To make smooth and shiny by rubbing or chemical action.

2. To remove the outer layers from (grains of rice) by rotation in drums.

3. To free from coarseness; refine: polish one's manners.

4. To remove flaws from; perfect or complete: polish one's piano technique; polish up the lyrics.

v.intr.

1. To become smooth or shiny by or as if by being rubbed.

2. To become perfect or refined.

n.

1. Smoothness or shininess of surface or finish.

2. A substance containing chemical agents or abrasive particles and applied to smooth or shine a surface: shoe polish.

3. The act or process of polishing.

4. Elegance of style or manners; refinement.

Phrasal Verb:

polish off Informal

To finish or dispose of quickly and easily.

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

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polish·er n.

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polish [ˈpɒlɪʃ]

vb

1. to make or become smooth and shiny by rubbing, esp with wax or an abrasive

2. (tr) to make perfect or complete

3. to make or become elegant or refined

n

1. a finish or gloss

2. the act of polishing or the condition of having been polished

3. (Chemistry) a substance used to produce a smooth and shiny, often protective surface

4. elegance or refinement, esp in style, manner, etc. See also polish off, polish up

[C13 polis, from Old French polir, from Latin polīre to polish]

polishable  adj

polisher  n

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Polish [ˈpəʊlɪʃ]

adj

(Linguistics / Languages) of, relating to, or characteristic of Poland, its people, or their language

n

(Linguistics / Languages) the official language of Poland, belonging to the West Slavonic branch of the Indo-European family

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	polish - the property of being smooth and shiny burnish, glossiness, gloss smoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board" radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, effulgence, radiance - the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light French polish - the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac glaze - a glossy finish on a fabric
	2.	polish - a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "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"--Joseph Conrad refinement, finish, cultivation, culture flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection - the state of being without a flaw or defect
	3.	polish - a preparation used in polishing formulation, preparation - a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine" blacking, shoe polish - a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear Simoniz - a brand of car polish
	4.	Polish - the Slavic language of Poland Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Verb	1.	polish - make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes" smooth, smoothen, shine beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish - make more beautiful Simonise, Simonize - polish with wax; "The motorcycle has been Simonized" sleek, slick - make slick or smooth burnish, furbish, buff - polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" gloss - give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
	2.	polish - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" fine-tune, refine, down ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" over-refine, overrefine - refine too much or with excess of subtlety; "He is overrefining this matter" civilise, civilize, school, cultivate, educate, train - teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
	3.	polish - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" polish up, brush up, round off, round perfect, hone - make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
Adj.	1.	Polish - of or relating to Poland or its people or culture; "Polish sausage"

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polish

noun

1. varnish, wax, glaze, lacquer, japan The air smelt of furniture polish.

2. sheen, finish, sparkle, glaze, gloss, brilliance, brightness, veneer, lustre, smoothness I admired the high polish of his boots.

3. style, class (informal), finish, breeding, grace, elegance, refinement, finesse, urbanity, suavity, politesse She was enormously popular for her charm and polish.

verb

1. shine, wax, clean, smooth, rub, buff, brighten, burnish, furbish Every morning he polished his shoes.

2. (often with up) perfect, improve, enhance, refine, finish, correct, cultivate, brush up, touch up, emend Polish up your writing skills on a one-week course.

polish someone off eliminate, take out (slang), get rid of, dispose of, do away with, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), beat someone once and for all a chance to polish off their bitter local rivals

polish something off (Informal) finish, down, shift (informal), wolf, consume, hoover (informal), put away, eat up, swill He polished off the whole box of truffles on his own.

Translations

Polish [ˈpəʊlɪʃ]

A. ADJ → polaco

B. N

1. (Ling) → polaco m

2. the Polish (= people) → los polacos

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polish [ˈpɒlɪʃ]

A. N

1. (= shoe polish) → betún m, bola f (Mex); (= furniture polish, floor polish) → cera f; (= metal polish) → líquido m para limpiar metales; (= nail polish) → esmalte m or laca f (para las uñas)

2. (= act) my shoes need a polish → mis zapatos necesitan una limpieza
to give sth a polish → dar brillo a algo

3. (= shine) → lustre m, brillo m
high polish → lustre m brillante
the buttons have lost their polish → los botones han perdido su brillo or se han deslustrado
to put a polish on sth → sacar brillo a algo
the water takes the polish off → el agua quita el brillo

4. (fig) (= refinement) → refinamiento m; [of artistry etc] → elegancia f
he lacks polish → le falta refinamiento

B. VT

1. (gen) → pulir; [+ shoes] → limpiar, lustrar(esp LAm), bolear(Mex), embolar(Chile); [+ floor, furniture] → encerar; [+ pans, metal, silver] → pulir; (mechanically, industrially) → pulimentar

2. (fig) (also polish up) (= improve) → perfeccionar; [+ manners] → refinar; [+ style etc] → pulir, limar; [+ one's Spanish etc] → pulir, perfeccionar

polish off VT + ADV [+ work, food, drink] → despacharse; [+ person etc] → liquidar

polish up VT + ADV = polish B2

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Polish [ˈpəʊlɪʃ]

adj → polonais(e)

n (= language) → polonais m

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polish [ˈpɒlɪʃ]

n

(for shoes) → cirage m

(for floor, furniture) → cire f

(for nails) → vernis m

(= shine) → éclat m, poli m

[production, piece of work] → raffinement m

vt

(= put polish on) [+ shoes, wood] → cirer

[+ silver] → astiquer

(= make shiny) → astiquer, faire briller

[+ glass, spectacles] → frotter

(fig) (= improve) → perfectionner

polish off

vt sep

[+ food, drink] → liquider

[+ work] → expédier

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Polish

adj → polnisch; Polish Corridor → Polnischer Korridor

n (Ling) → Polnisch nt

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polish

n

(= material) (= shoe polish) → Creme f; (= floor polish) → Bohnerwachs nt; (= furniture polish) → Politur f; (= metal polish) → Poliermittel nt; (= nail polish) → Lack m

(= act) to give something a polish → etw polieren; shoes, silver also → etw putzen; floor → etw bohnern; my shoes need a polish → meine Schuhe müssen geputzt werden

(= polished state, shine) → Glanz m; (of furniture) → Politur f; high polish → Hochglanz m, → starker Glanz; there was a high polish on the floor → der Fußboden war stark gebohnert; to put a polish on something → etw zum Glänzen bringen, Glanz auf etw (acc) → bringen; water will take the polish off → Wasser nimmt den Glanz/greift die Politur an

(fig: = refinement) (of person, style, manners) → Schliff m; (of performance) → Brillanz f; he lacks polish → ihm fehlt der Schliff/die Brillanz; his style lacks polish → an seinem Stil muss noch gearbeitet werden

vt

(lit) → polieren; silver, shoes → putzen, polieren; floor → bohnern

(fig) person, performance → den letzten Schliff geben (+dat); manner, style → polieren (inf), → verfeinern

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Polish [ˈpəʊlɪʃ]

1. adj → polacco/a

2. n (language) → polacco

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polish [ˈpɒlɪʃ]

1. n

a. (for shoes, car) → lucido; (for furniture, floor) → cera

b. (act) → lucidata
to give sth a polish → dare una lucidata or lustrata a qc

c. (shine) → lucido, lucentezza
it has a very high polish → è molto lucido
to put a polish on sth → far brillare qc

d. (fig) (of person) → raffinatezza; (of style, performance) → eleganza

2. vt (wood, leather) → lucidare; (stones, glass) → levigare; (style) → perfezionare, raffinare

polish off vt + adv (food, drink) → far fuori; (work, correspondence) → sbrigare

polish up vt + adv (skill, ability) → perfezionare; (shoes, metal objects) → lucidare, lustrare

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polish

v polish [ˈpoliʃ]

1 to make smooth and shiny by rubbing She polished her shoes. poets يَصْقُل، يُلَمِّع полирам vyleštit pudse; polere polieren γυαλίζω, λουστράρω lustrar, abrillantar, sacar brillo/lustre, limpiar läikima nühkima جلا دادن kiillottaa cirer לְצַחצֵח चमकाना ulaštiti,polirati (ki)fényesít menggosok bursta, pússa lucidare 磨く 광택을 내다 blizginti, šveisti, poliruoti pulēt; spodrināt menggilap poetsen pusse, polere, bone polerować, nadawać połysk polir a lustrui полировать vyleštiť loščiti glancati putsa, polera ขัด parlatmak 擦亮 полірувати, шліфувати چکنا چمک دار بنانا đánh bóng 擦亮

2 (especially with up) to improve Polish up your English! verbeter يُحَسِّن подобрявам zdokonalit pudse af; forbedre aufpolieren φρεσκάρω perfeccionar, mejorar lihvima بهتر کردن parantaa perfectionner לְלַטֵש परिष्कार करना, सॅवारना dotjerati felfrissít meningkatkan bæta, fága perfezionare, migliorare 磨きをかける 향상시키다 tobulinti atsvaidzināt; pilnveidot; slīpēt memperbaiki bijschaven perfeksjonere szlifować aperfeiçoar a perfecţiona улучшать zdokonaliť izboljšati poboljšati bättra på, hyfsa till ปรับปรุง ilerletmek 改善 підучити, відточувати بہتر بنانا nâng cao 改善

n

1 smoothness and shininess There's a wonderful polish on this old wood. gladheid نُعومَه، لَمَعان лъскавина lesk glans der Glanz γυαλάδα, λούστρο brillo, lustre läige جلا kiilto poli הַברָקָה पालिश ulaštenost fény kilap gljái, glans lucentezza 磨き 광택 blizgesys pulējums; spodrinājums kilat glans glans połysk polimento lustru полировка lesk lesk sjaj glans, polityr, polerad yta การขัด parlaklık 磨光 лиск, блиск چکنا پن، چمک sự sáng bóng 磨光

2 a kind of liquid, or other substance used to make something shiny furniture polish; silver polish. politoer سائِل تَلْميع лак leštidlo pudsemiddel; -pudsemiddel die Politur βερνίκι cera, betún; (suelos) abrillantador polituur, läiget andev vahend ماده جلا دهنده kiillotusaine cire מִשחָת הַברָקָה रगड़ने या घिसने से उपजी हुई चमक, पॉलिश, रोग़न जिससे चमक उत्पन्न की जाती है sredstva za laštenje fényezőanyag, politúr poles fægilögur lucido つや出し 광택액 politūra, poliravimo priemonė spodrināšanas līdzeklis penggilap poetsmiddel pussemiddel/-krem środek do polerowania óleo de polir ceară политура leštidlo loščilo sredstvo za poliranje polish, putsmedel ขี้ผึ้งสำหรับขัดเง cilâ 擦光劑 рідина для полірування پالش، چمک دار بنانے کا رقيق مادہ xi đánh bóng 擦光剂

adj polished

(negativeunpolished). gepoets مَصْقول، مَجلو، مُلَمَّع шлифован lesklý pudset; poleret poliert γυαλισμένος pulido lihvitud صیقلی kiillotettu (non) poli מַברִיק पॉलिशदार, परिष्कृत, परिमार्जित ulašten,dotjeran fényes dipoles gljáandi, fægður, bónaður lucido 磨きのかかった 광택이 나는 poliruotas, blizgantis pulēts; spodrināts berkilat gepolijst blankpusset, polert polerowany polido (ne)lus­truit полированный lesklý pološčen izglancan polerad เป็นเงาวาว cilâlı 磨光的 полірований پالش لگا ہوا bóng láng 磨光的

polish off

to finish She polished off the last of the ice-cream. opvreet يُنْهي свършвам spořádat blive færdig med verdrücken αποτελειώνω despachar; zamparse lõppu peale tegema تمام کردن tehdä selvää finir לְסַייֵם जल्दी समाप्त करना, खत्म करना sve pojesti,smazati befejez menghabiskan ljúka við finire 片づける 먹어 치우다 sušveisti (ātri) pabeigt menghabiskan opmaken sette til livs, spise opp wykańczać terminar a da gata, a termina покончить, разделаться zhltnúť, spakovať postrgati dovršiti svepa, sätta i sig เสร็จ bitirmek 草草做完 покінчити, швидко впоратися ختم کرنا làm xong gấp 草草做完

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Polish → بولندي, مادة تلميع, يَجلو السطح leštidlo, Polák, polský, vyleštit polak, polere, polsk, pudsecreme polieren, Politur, polnisch βερνίκι, γυαλίζω, πολωνικός, Πολωνός betún, lustrar, polaco kiillottaa, puola, puolalainen, vaha cirage, cirer, polonais laštati, poljski, sredstvo za laštanje lucidare, polacco つやを出す, つや出し剤, ポーランドの, ポーランド人 광택제, 닦다, 폴란드어, 폴란드의 poetsen, poetsmiddel, Pools polere, polering, polsk Polak, polski, połysk, wypolerować polaco, polimento, polir, polonês глянец, полировать, польский, поляк polack, polera, polsk, putsmedel การขัดให้ขึ้นเงา, ขัดให้ขึ้นเงา, ชาวโปแลนด์, ที่เกี่ยวกับโปแลนด์ cila, cilalamak, Polonya, Polonyalı chất đánh bóng, đánh bóng, thuộc Ba Lan, tiếng Ba Lan 擦亮, 波兰人, 波兰的, 磨光