to polish
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4.1
- verb
- /ˈpɑːlɪʃ/
:
pulir
- She took the time to polish her speech before the big presentation.
- polish skills
- polish writing
So I'm, I'm still, I still have edges to, to, to, to Polish, but I'm, I'm working on it.
- So I'm, I'm still, I still have edges to, to, to, to Polish, but I'm, I'm working on it.
- Well, they're not just reinventing the wheel here, more like polishing it.
- I think there probably are, but I think they also work their butt off to Polish their craft.
- They've spent so much time polishing their persona, polishing their presentation of who they are, that they, they really draw people to them.
Examples
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Students can then work with their peers and teachers to revise, edit, and polish a final draft.
Academic text (2015) -
I went over that memory three times, polishing and refining it, before the branch line abruptly ended.
Fiction book (1995) -
And I just-- I wanted to take the weekend to polish it up.
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And I got an idea about how you can polish up your act.
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Maybe you can polish the rough edges.
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We sit about in the evenings and polish our jokes.
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Also, they usually had a lot of time to polish their translations, working for the love of a book.
Academic text (2001) -
Another way to polish my professional skills is by reading professional journals in the LIS field.
Academic text (2015) -
I find that polishing my interactions... ...in order to make them sociable requires a tremendous effort.
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You can customize everything exactly how you want, and ODU's ChatGPT integration helps you craft and Polish your text effortlessly.
Synonyms
268
3.2
Make small changes to something to make it more useful
93
4.0
Make something better by making a few small changes
81
3.8
To make small changes to improve something
26
4.2
To make small changes so something works better
22
3.7
Refresh your knowledge or skill by practising and reviewing
8
3.8
Make small changes to something to improve how it looks
8
4.2
To make small changes to the look of hair or a photo
4
3.5
Make something better by practicing or fixing it
3
8.0
To make something look neater and more attractive with small changes
1
5.8
To make something better in how it works or how it looks
1
3.6
To add small final touches to make something complete
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
40
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 Polished
Surface Forms
Etymology
Polish (to improve) comes from the idea of 'smoothing' things out, like smoothing a surface to make it neat. So to 'polish' your writing or skill means to remove small faults and make it better or more finished.