polish

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/ˈpəʊlɪʃ/

noun 5verb 5adj 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

boot, furniture, metal, nail, shoe, silver | French | beeswax, wax

VERB + POLISH

apply

She applied polish to her fingernails before the wedding.

give sth

After the party, I gave the wooden table a quick polish to remove the fingerprints.

remove

She spent ten minutes trying to remove the old polish from her wooden furniture.

Definitions

adj

Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.

Vinokur pulled the trigger a second and third time. "You're lying, you Polish cunt!" he screamed.

As we mentioned the only chemical used in Polish meats or sausages was potassium nitrate even though the list of food additives allowed in Europe was long and impressive.

noun

The language spoken in Poland.

The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian.

A breed of chickens with a large crest of feathers.

noun

A substance used to polish.

A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.

Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.

The floor was waxed to a high polish.

Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the property of being smooth and shiny

gloss
glossiness
burnish

noun — a highly developed state of perfection

verb — bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

round

verb — improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

refine
fine-tune
down

verb — make (a surface) shine

smooth
smoothen
shine

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

polish off

To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.

They polished off the last of the cake.

you can't polish a turd

Something inherently unfavourable or unpleasant cannot be improved.

Polish parliament

The Sejm of the Republic of Poland.

polish a turd

To work on a time-consuming and ultimately pointless or impossible task; to try to perfect what is inherently bad.

Near-synonym: put lipstick on a pig

you can't polish shit

Synonym of you can't polish a turd.

Example Bank

Vinokur pulled the trigger a second and third time. "You're lying, you Polish cunt!" he screamed.

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As we mentioned the only chemical used in Polish meats or sausages was potassium nitrate even though the list of food additives allowed in Europe was long and impressive.

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“There’s a sense of betrayal,” said the former Hamtramck mayor Karen Majewski, who is Polish American.

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The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian.

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A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.

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The floor was waxed to a high polish.

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