polish

Adjective

• of or relating to Poland or its people or culture
  • Polish sausage
    

Noun

• the Slavic language of Poland

• a preparation used in polishing

• 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
    

• the property of being smooth and shiny

Verb

• bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
  • polish your social manners
    

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
  • refine one's style of writing
    

• make (a surface) shine
  • shine the silver, please
    
  • polish my shoes
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Polish , refinement , culture , cultivation , finish , gloss , glossiness , burnish , round , round off , polish up , brush up , refine , fine-tune , down , smooth , smoothen , shine