OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24740

polish

/ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abrillantador • betún • pulidor • pulimento
A substance used to polish.
A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 24741

polish

/ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
acicalar • alcorzar • aluciar • lustrar • polir • pulimentar • pulir
To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
acicalar • aluciar • polir • pulir
To refine; remove imperfections from.
Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
betunar • embetunar • lustrar
To apply shoe polish to shoes.