polish

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of or relating to Poland or its people or culture

   Polish sausage

2. 2
   verb

   bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

   polish your social manners

3. 3
   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.

4. 4
   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.

5. 5
   noun

   A substance used to polish.

   A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.

6. 6
   noun

   Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.

   The floor was waxed to a high polish.

7. 7
   noun

   Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

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

8. 8
   verb

   To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.

   He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.

Etymology

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.