polish

polish
1 verb (T) to make something smooth, bright, and shiny by rubbing it: The floor had been polished to a satiny sheen. | It was my duty to polish the silver on Saturdays. — polisher noun (C): an electric floor polisher — polishing noun (U) polish sth off phrasal verb (T) informal to finish food, work etc, quickly or easily: At lunch, Rowan polished off six sandwiches! polish sb off phrasal verb (T) AmE informal to kill or defeat someone: Mather was polished off with a shotgun in another gangland killing. polish sth up phrasal verb (T)
1 to improve a skill or an ability by practising it: I need to polish up my Spanish before we go on vacation.
2 to polish something
2 noun
1 (C, U) a liquid, powder, or other substance used for rubbing into a surface to make it smooth and shiny: pine panelling gleaming with wax polish | furniture polish | shoe polish
—see also: French polish
2 (U) a special quality of great skill and style in the way someone performs, writes, or behaves: Carla's writing his potential, but it lacks polish.
3 (singular) a smooth shiny surface produced by polishing
4 (singular) an act of polishing a surface to make it smooth and shiny: An occasional wipe and polish with a soft cloth will keep wall tiles looking good.
—see also: spit and polish spit 2 (5) 3 adjective from or connected with Poland, its people, or their language 4 noun (U) the language of Poland

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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