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polishes

noun

Meaning

  1. A substance used to polish.
  2. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
  3. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
  4. To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
  5. To refine; remove imperfections from.
  6. To apply shoe polish to shoes.
  7. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
  8. To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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