to polish
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1.1
- verb
- /ˈpɑːlɪʃ/
:
pulir
- You shall polish all wood surfaces.
- polish the surface
I'm perfect, just go to Polish the diamond.
- I'm perfect, just go to Polish the diamond.
- Hold your breath as you pat, exhale as you Polish.
- It's in a physical thing to just like, lightly buff off and Polish the surface of your skin.
- And I think that's what we have right now where you're with the they're medicating diamonds to be rocks instead of polishing certain rocks to be diamonds.
- We use it to grow your favorite vegetables and in the raw areas we use it to Polish our walls and flows.
Examples
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- You should polish the silver ... sounds like we're entertaining tonight.
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When he wasn't driving the car, he was cleaning and polishing it or running some errand for it.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yes, you know, can I Polish shoes on my own?
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Can you polish my rims for me?
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Queenie came every single day to polish the silver, change the sheets, and iron.
Fiction book (1990) -
Once a year, Bill spends a whole weekend polishing that desk with lemon oil and beeswax.
Academic text (2011) -
Frank drives past the garage area where Henry, the chauffeur, is polishing the mascot on the limousine.
Fiction book (1992) -
He decided to polish the coffee table until it shone.
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After the rain, she took a cloth to polish the car's exterior.
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Every Sunday, he likes to polish his shoes to keep them looking new.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make something smooth and bright by rubbing it
54
1.1
To make a surface even by rubbing or pressing
17
4.4
To polish something by rubbing until it is smooth or shiny
11
7.1
To make a surface smooth and shiny by rubbing
1
4.0
To make a surface smooth and shiny by rubbing or polishing
1
9.0
To rub a surface with a rough stone from a volcano to make it smooth
1
9.2
To make something shiny by rubbing
To make a surface flat and even by rubbing or polishing
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
You cannot make something very bad look good no matter how much you try
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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1.8
A colored or clear paint you put on fingernails and toenails to give them color and shine
- Specialized
A very shiny finish you make on wood by rubbing on thin coats of shellac mixed with alcohol
- Specialized
A way to write math with numbers before the sign so no parentheses
- Slur
A confused, badly organized practice for leaving a building in an emergency
- Specialized
A way of writing math expressions without parentheses where a math sign like + or − comes before the numbers
The group in Poland that makes laws and has two houses, the Sejm and the Senate
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Etymology
Polish (verb) comes from Latin polire 'to smooth', so to 'polish' is to rub a surface until it shines. The word keeps the literal image of making something smooth and bright.