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Definition of polish : 1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
2. Anything used to produce a gloss.
3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
4. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.
5. The language of the Poles.
6. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
7. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.

Synonyms:

glisten, devour, touch up, brush up, finis, attack, civilization, round out, perfect, finishing, reflect, subtlety, labialize, conclusion, pour down, coating, polish up, push down, beam, labialise, colour, finale, complicate, semblance, refinement, down, kill, round down, elaboration, shoot down, bolt down, nuance, consume, graduate, culture, knock down, assail, calibrate, toss off, refining, shade, destination, land, fine-tune, refine, strike, rubric, sleek, light, snipe, stopping point, belt down, fall, glossary, refresh, pop, color, last, smooth out, pull down, drink down, purification, furbish, assault, lash out, rectify, ending, review, radiate, acculturation, fill out, glitter, retouch, nicety, better, close, finish, round, go through, tweak, cultivation, glow, shine, elaborate, goal, cut down, gleam, flesh out, round off, buff, smoothen, glint, civilisation, rarify

smooth (part of speech: verb)

gloss, slick, burnish, grind, level, flatten, smooth, glaze, silken, plane, sand, even

smoothness (part of speech: noun)

silkiness, glossiness, sleekness, slickness, smoothness, glassiness

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