English Explanatory Dictionary

Polish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.
noun
  1. The language spoken in Poland.
  2. A breed of chickens with a large crest of feathers.
noun
  1. A substance used to polish.
  2. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
  3. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
verb
  1. To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
  2. To refine; remove imperfections from.
  3. To apply shoe polish to shoes.
  4. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
  5. To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

Pronunciation

/ˈpəʊlɪʃ/ pōʹlĭsh /ˈpoʊlɪʃ/ en-us-Polish proper.ogg en-us-Polish.ogg pŏl'ĭsh /ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/ pä'lĭsh /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/

Word forms

Polish Pl. polishes polishing polished

Etymology

From Pole + -ish. Doublet of Poylish.

Synonyms

Polandish Polono- wax finish sheen shine shininess smoothness class elegance panache refinement style hone perfect refine buff furbish burnish smooth bone

Related words

Middle Polish Old Polish Pole Wikibooks:Polish language course Wiktionary’s coverage of Polish terms polissoir polite

Derived words

anti-Polish pan-Polish Polish fire drill Polish-Lithuanian Polish Lowland Sheepdog Polish Messianism Polishness Polish notation Polish overdrive Polish victory lap reverse Polish notation Second Polish Republic Polglish Ponglish apple-polish depolish electropolish expolish French polish furniture polish glacial polish micropolish nail polish nanopolish piano polish polish remover shoe polish spit and polish stove polish ultrapolish varnish polish repolish interpolish overpolish piano-polish polishability polishable polish a turd polished polisher polishing polishment polish off polish one's rocket polish the pearl polish up polish up on polishure unpolish unpolished you can't polish a turd you can't polish shit
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