polish

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

polishes

1.
(countable, uncountable)A substance used to polish.
A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
The floor was waxed to a high polish.
3.
(countable, uncountable)Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk.

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verb

V_es/s

polishes

V_ing/Gerund

polishing

V_ed/pp

polished

1.
(transitive)To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
2.
(transitive)To refine; remove imperfections from.
The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
3.
(transitive)To apply shoe polish to shoes.
4.
(intransitive)To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
Steel polishes well.
5.
(transitive)To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

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Đồng nghĩa

wax finish sheen shine shininess smoothnessclasselegance panache refinement stylesubstance waxfinish, sheen, shine, shininess, smoothnesshone perfect refine bone buff burnishfurbish

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English polishen, from Old French - poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (to polish, make smooth), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (to drive, strike, thrust), from the notion of fulling cloth.