Polish is defined as to rub until smooth and shiny, use a substance or wax on a surface to make it glossy, or to improve the condition.
(verb)Polish is a substance used for making something glossy, or a style of elegance and grace, or the smoothness and glossiness of a surface.
(noun)The definition of Polish is related to the country of Poland.
(adjective)An example of Polish is the Polish culture.
See polish in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
Origin: ME polischen < inflected stem of OFr polir < L polire, to polish, prob. < IE base *pel-, to drive, impel > felt
intransitive verb
noun
Related Forms:
adjective
Origin: < Pole + -ish
noun
See polish in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb pol·ished, pol·ish·ing, pol·ish·es verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English polisshen
Origin: , from Old French polir, poliss-
Origin: , from Latin polīre; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
adjective
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