polish
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(verb) bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" |
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Synonyms: brush up, polish up, round, round off |
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Related Words: hone, perfect |
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(verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" |
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Synonyms: down, fine-tune, refine |
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Related Words: ameliorate, amend, better, civilize, cultivate, educate, improve, meliorate, school, train |
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(verb) of surfaces; "shine the silver, please"; "shine my shoes" |
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Synonyms: shine, smooth, smoothen |
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Related Words: Simonize, beautify, buff, burnish, embellish, flush, furbish, prettify, sleek, slick |
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(adjective) of or relating to Poland or its people or culture; "Polish sausage" |
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(noun) the property of being smooth and shiny |
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Synonyms: burnish, gloss, glossiness |
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Related Words: effulgence, glaze, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, smoothness |
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(noun) the Slavic language of Poland |
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Related Words: Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language |
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(noun) a highly developed state; "they performed with great polish" |
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Synonyms: refinement |
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Related Words: flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection |
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(noun) a preparation used in polishing |
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Related Words: blacking, formulation, preparation, shoe polish |
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(verb) make shiny |
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Synonyms: burnish, gloss |
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Related Words: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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