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polished
Overview of verb polish
The verb polish has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) polish, smooth, smoothen, shine -- (make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes")
2. (3) polish, refine, fine-tune, down -- (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing")
3. polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up -- (bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners")
Overview of adj polished
The adj polished has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) polished -- (perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver")
2. polished, refined, svelte, urbane -- (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")
3. milled, polished -- ((of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice")
4. dressed, polished -- ((of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth)
Grep of noun polished
polished rice
Antonyms of verb polish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb polish
3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
=> perfect, hone
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb polish
2 of 3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> Simonize, Simonise
=> slick, sleek
=> buff, burnish, furbish, flush
=> gloss
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> overrefine, over-refine
=> educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb polish
3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
=> perfect, hone
'Cause To' of verb polish
Derived Forms of verb polish
3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
RELATED TO>(noun) polish#3
=> polish
RELATED TO>(noun) polish#1
=> polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
RELATED TO>(noun) polisher#1
=> buffer, polisher
RELATED TO>(noun) polishing#1
=> shining, polishing
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
RELATED TO>(noun) polish#2
=> polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish
Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
RELATED TO>(noun) polish#2
=> polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish
Domain of verb polish
Domain Terms of verb polish
Familiarity of verb polish
polish used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb polish
3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
EX: They polish the glass tubes
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb polish
3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> groom, neaten
=> dress, groom, curry
=> dress up, window-dress
=> spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
=> polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> become, suit
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
=> help, aid
=> regenerate, revitalize
=> enrich
=> build up, develop
=> turn around
=> help
=> upgrade
=> condition
=> emend
=> iron out, straighten out, put right
=> enhance
=> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
=> reform
=> reform
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> build
=> perfect, hone
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
=> fructify
=> raise, lift
=> advance
=> upgrade
=> educate
Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
> perfect, hone
=> optimize, optimise
=> polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
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Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
=> perfect, hone
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Grep of verb polish
polish
polish off
polish up
Antonyms of adj polished
4 senses of polished
Sense 1
polished (vs. unpolished)
unpolished (vs. polished)
=> raw
=> rough
=> unburnished
Sense 2
polished, refined, svelte, urbane
INDIRECT (VIA sophisticated) -> naive, naif
Sense 3
milled, polished
INDIRECT (VIA processed) -> unprocessed
Sense 4
dressed, polished
INDIRECT (VIA finished) -> unfinished
Similarity of adj polished
4 senses of polished
Sense 1
polished (vs. unpolished)
=> bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny
=> finished
Also See> bright#1
Sense 2
polished, refined, svelte, urbane
=> sophisticated (vs. naive)
Sense 3
milled, polished
=> processed (vs. unprocessed)
Sense 4
dressed, polished
=> finished (vs. unfinished)
Pertainyms of adj polished
Attributes of adj polished
Domain of adj polished
Domain Terms of adj polished
Familiarity of adj polished
polished used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj polished
polished
unpolished
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