polish

noun

/ˈpɒlɪʃ/

/ˈpɑːlɪʃ/

Idioms

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[uncountable, countable] a substance used when rubbing a surface to make it smooth and shiny
- furniture/floor/shoe/silver polish
- wax polish
see also French polish, nail polishTopics Houses and homesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- boot
- furniture
- metal
- …
verb + polish
- apply
- give something
- remove
- …
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[singular] an act of polishing something
- I give it a polish now and again.
- You’ll need to give your shoes a good polish.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- boot
- furniture
- metal
- …
verb + polish
- apply
- give something
- remove
- …
See full entry
[singular] the shiny appearance of something after it has been polished synonym lustre, sheen
[uncountable] a high quality of performance achieved with great skill synonym brilliance
- She played the cello with the polish of a much older musician.
Topics Languagec2
[uncountable] high standards of behaviour; being polite synonym refinement
- She thought that her husband’s family lacked polish.

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French poliss-, lengthened stem of polir ‘to polish’, from Latin polire.

Idioms

spit and polish

verb

/ˈpɒlɪʃ/

/ˈpɑːlɪʃ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they polish	/ˈpɒlɪʃ/ /ˈpɑːlɪʃ/
he / she / it polishes	/ˈpɒlɪʃɪz/ /ˈpɑːlɪʃɪz/
past simple polished	/ˈpɒlɪʃt/ /ˈpɑːlɪʃt/
past participle polished	/ˈpɒlɪʃt/ /ˈpɑːlɪʃt/
-ing form polishing	/ˈpɒlɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːlɪʃɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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[transitive, intransitive] to make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
- polish (something) Polish shoes regularly to protect the leather.
- The gemstones are cut and polished by master craftsmen.
- She polished the apple on her sleeve.
- I spent the morning cleaning and polishing.
- polish something with something He polished his glasses with a handkerchief.
- polish something up She decided to polish the ring up and find out who it belonged to.
- be polished + adj. The floor had been polished smooth.
see also French polishTopics Houses and homesc1
[transitive] to make changes to something in order to improve it
- polish something The statement was carefully polished and checked before release.
- polish something up The hotel has polished up its act (= improved its service) since last year.

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French poliss-, lengthened stem of polir ‘to polish’, from Latin polire.

Polish

adjective

/ˈpəʊlɪʃ/

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noun

/ˈpəʊlɪʃ/

[uncountable]

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