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polish : limpiya (v.); pasinawon (adj.); pagpasinaw (n.); pasinaw (v.)

Glosses: (~ related words)
polish
n. (attribute)1. burnish, gloss, glossiness, polishthe property of being smooth and shiny.
~ smoothnessa texture without roughness; smooth to the touch.; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board"
~ effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, radiancethe quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.
~ french polishthe glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac.
~ glazea glossy finish on a fabric.
n. (state)2. cultivation, culture, finish, polish, refinementa highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality.; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"
~ flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfectionthe state of being without a flaw or defect.
n. (substance)3. polisha preparation used in polishing.
~ formulation, preparationa substance prepared according to a formula.; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
~ blacking, shoe polisha substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear.
~ simoniza brand of car polish.
n. (communication)4. polishthe Slavic language of Poland.
~ slavic, slavic language, slavonic, slavonic languagea branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
v. (contact)5. polish, shine, smooth, smoothenmake (a surface) shine.; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
~ beautify, fancify, prettify, embellishmake more beautiful.
~ simonise, simonizepolish with wax.; "The motorcycle has been Simonized"
~ sleek, slickmake slick or smooth.
~ burnish, furbish, buffpolish and make shiny.; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
~ rubmove over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
~ glossgive a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing.
v. (change)6. down, fine-tune, polish, refineimprove or perfect by pruning or polishing.; "refine one's style of writing"
~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, betterto make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
~ over-refine, overrefinerefine too much or with excess of subtlety.; "He is overrefining this matter"
~ civilise, civilize, school, cultivate, educate, trainteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
v. (change)7. brush up, polish, polish up, round, round offbring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state.; "polish your social manners"
~ perfect, honemake perfect or complete.; "perfect your French in Paris!"
adj. (pertain)8. polishof or relating to Poland or its people or culture.; "Polish sausage"