📖 Definitions of "Polishes"
noun
- 1
A substance used to polish.
"A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily."
- 2
Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
"The floor was waxed to a high polish."
- 3
Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
"The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk."
verb
- 1
To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
"He polished up the chrome until it gleamed."
- 2
To refine; remove imperfections from.
"The band has polished its performance since the last concert."
- 3
To apply shoe polish to shoes.
- 4
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
"Steel polishes well."
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