POLISHES

Noun

polishes

plural of polish

Verb

polishes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of polish

Anagrams

• pisshole, slipshoe, soleship

Source: Wiktionary

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POLISH

Pol"ish, a. Etym: [From Pole a Polander.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

– n.

Definition: The language of the Poles.

Pol"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr. & vb. n. Polishing.] Etym: [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.

Pol"ish, v. i.

Definition: To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well. Bacon.

Pol"ish, n.

1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster. Another prism of clearer glass and better polish. Sir I. Newton.

2. Anything used to produce a gloss.

3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners. This Roman polish and this smooth behavior. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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