polish

polish is a 6-letter English word with 16 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
2. noun. The language of the Poles.
3. transitive verb. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.
4. transitive verb. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.
5. intransitive verb. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
6. noun. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
7. noun. Anything used to produce a gloss.
8. noun. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
9. noun. the property of being smooth and shiny

   Synonyms: burnish, gloss, glossiness

10. noun. the Slavic language of Poland
11. noun. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality--Joseph Conrad

    "they performed with great polish"

    "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"

    Synonyms: cultivation, culture, finish, refinement

12. noun. a preparation used in polishing
13. verb. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

    "polish your social manners"

    Synonyms: round

14. verb. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

    "refine one's style of writing"

    Synonyms: down, refine

15. verb. make (a surface) shine

    "shine the silver, please"

    "polish my shoes"

    Synonyms: shine, smooth, smoothen

16. adjective. of or relating to Poland or its people or culture

    "Polish sausage"

Synonyms

burnish, gloss, glossiness, cultivation, culture, finish, refinement, round, down, refine, shine, smooth, smoothen

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in polish:

philos, pholis

Common word forms

polished, polisher, polishes, polishing, polishable, polishment

Words from these letters

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