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polished |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polished \Pol"ished\, a. Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence highly finished; refined; polite; as polished plate; polished manners; polished verse. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polish \Pol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polished}; p. pr & vb n. {Polishing}.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf {Polite}, {-ish}] 1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as to polish glass, marble, metals, etc 2. Hence to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of to make elegant and polite; as to polish life or manners. --Milton. {To polish off}, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] --W. H. Russell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: polished adj 1: perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver" [ant: {unpolished}] 2: 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" [syn: {refined}, {svelte}, {urbane}] 3: (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice" [syn: {milled}] 4: (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth [syn: {dressed}]
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