polished

pol·ished  (plsht)

adj.

1.

a. Made shiny and smooth by or as if by rubbing or chemical action.

b. Naturally shiny and smooth.

2. Having the husk or outer layers removed. Used of grains of rice.

3. Refined; cultured: polished manners.

4. Having no imperfections or errors; flawless: gave a polished presentation to the board.

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polished [ˈpɒlɪʃt]

adj

1. accomplished a polished actor

2. impeccably or professionally done a polished performance

3. (Cookery) (of rice) having had the outer husk removed by milling

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver" bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room" unpolished - not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes"
	2.	polished - showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters" svelte, urbane, refined sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"
	3.	polished - (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice" milled processed - prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process; "processed ores"
	4.	polished - (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth dressed finished - (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state; "a finished product"

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polished

adjective

1. elegant, sophisticated, refined, polite, cultivated, civilized, genteel, suave, finished, urbane, courtly, well-bred He is polished, charming and articulate.
elegant unsophisticated, unrefined, inelegant, uncultivated, uncivilized

2. accomplished, professional, masterly, fine, expert, outstanding, skilful, adept, impeccable, flawless, superlative, faultless a polished performance
accomplished inept, unskilled, amateurish, inexpert, unaccomplished

3. shining, bright, smooth, gleaming, glossy, slippery, burnished, glassy, furbished a highly polished surface
shining dark, rough, matt, dull

Translations

polished [ˈpɒlɪʃt] ADJ

1. (lit) [metal, wood] → pulido

2. (fig) [style etc] → pulido, elegante; [person] → culto, refinado; [manners] → refinado

polished [ˈpɒlɪʃt] adj

[wood, furniture, floor] → ciré(e); [silver] → brillant(e)

(fig) [person] → raffiné(e)

[production, performance] → impeccable

polished

adj

surface, furniture → poliert, glänzend; ornaments → poliert; floor → gebohnert; stone, glass → geschliffen; his highly polished shoes → seine blank geputzten Schuhe

style etc → verfeinert; performance, performer → brillant; language → geschliffen; image → makellos, sauber

manners → geschliffen; (= refined, suave) person → gewandt

polished [ˈpɒlɪʃt] adj (surface) → lucidato/a; (stone) → levigato/a (fig) (person, manner, performer) → raffinato/a; (performance) → impeccabile

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polished [ˈpɒlɪʃt] adj (surface) → lucidato/a; (stone) → levigato/a (fig) (person, manner, performer) → raffinato/a; (performance) → impeccabile