polished : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: polished	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for polished
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
polished adj perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver" Antonym(s): unpolished showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters" Synonym(s): polished, refined, svelte, urbane (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice" Synonym(s): milled, polished (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth Synonym(s): dressed, polished
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polished \Pol"ished\, a. Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polish \Pol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Polishing}.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf. {Polite}, {-ish}] 1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc. 2. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. --Milton. {To polish off}, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] --W. H. Russell.