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},
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"word": "apple-polish"
},
{
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"word": "French polish"
},
{
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"word": "furniture polish"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"text": "A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
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],
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "substance used to polish",
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
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],
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
"word": "研磨剤"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "substance used to polish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pasta do polerowania"
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "substance used to polish",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulidor"
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "betún"
},
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
"word": "polityr"
},
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "substance used to polish",
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"sense": "substance used to polish",
"word": "putsmedel"
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{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "substance used to polish",
"word": "parlatma maddesi"
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"text": "The floor was waxed to a high polish.",
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"roman": "lǎskavina",
"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"roman": "bljasǎk",
"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
"tags": [
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],
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"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
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"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
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"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
"word": "poluro"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
"word": "(shininess) kiilto"
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"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
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"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
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"word": "Glanz"
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"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "1 91 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cleanliness; smoothness; shininess",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"word": "輝き"
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"sense": "cleanliness in performance or presentation",
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "擦亮"
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"word": "polere"
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{
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"word": "glatte"
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "kiillottaa"
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis1": "75 0 2 17 5",
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},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
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},
{
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"code": "it",
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{
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{
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "研ぐ"
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{
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "ពួត"
},
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "បង្ខាត់"
},
{
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "ខាត់"
},
{
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "75 0 2 17 5",
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{
"_dis1": "75 0 2 17 5",
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "پولیش کردن"
},
{
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{
"_dis1": "75 0 2 17 5",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
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{
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{
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"word": "полирова́ть"
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{
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"word": "lìomh"
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{
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"word": "pulir"
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{
"_dis1": "75 0 2 17 5",
"code": "es",
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{
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"word": "mührelemek"
},
{
"_dis1": "75 0 2 17 5",
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"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
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],
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{
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"word": "polir"
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{
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"word": "puír"
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"word": "perfektionieren"
},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "perfezionare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "smussare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 53 4 7 35",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "levigare"
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"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "洗練する"
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"word": "polir"
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"word": "interpolish"
},
{
"word": "polish a turd"
},
{
"word": "polish off"
},
{
"word": "polish one's rocket"
},
{
"word": "polish the pearl"
},
{
"word": "polish up"
},
{
"word": "polish up on"
},
{
"word": "polishable"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "polisher"
},
{
"word": "polishing"
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{
"word": "polishment"
},
{
"word": "polishure"
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{
"word": "repolish"
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{
"word": "unpolish"
},
{
"word": "you can't polish a turd"
}
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"name": "root"
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"2": "enm",
"3": "polishen"
},
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "fro",
"3": "-"
},
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"name": "der"
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},
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"2": "la",
"3": "polio",
"4": "polīre",
"5": "to polish, make smooth"
},
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"name": "der"
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"5": "to drive, strike, thrust"
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"name": "der"
}
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
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{
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"present"
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{
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{
"word": "polite"
}
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"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding."
],
"links": [
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"shine"
],
[
"smooth",
"smooth"
]
],
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"(transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding."
],
"tags": [
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]
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The band has polished its performance since the last concert.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To refine; remove imperfections from."
],
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[
"refine",
"refine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from."
],
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],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
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],
"glosses": [
"To apply shoe polish to shoes."
],
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"apply",
"apply"
],
[
"shoe polish",
"shoe polish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Steel polishes well.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Inquisitions touching the compounding of metals",
"text": "The other [gold], whether it will polish so well Wherein for the latter [brass] it is probable it will",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface."
],
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"(intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite."
],
"links": [
[
"refine",
"refine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"tags": [
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},
{
"enpr": "pŏl'ĭsh"
},
{
"enpr": "pä'lĭsh"
}
],
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{
"sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
"word": "wax"
},
{
"sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
"word": "shine"
},
{
"sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
"word": "buff"
},
{
"sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
"word": "furbish"
},
{
"sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
"word": "burnish"
},
{
"sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
"word": "smooth"
},
{
"sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
"word": "bone"
},
{
"sense": "refine",
"word": "hone"
},
{
"sense": "refine",
"word": "perfect"
},
{
"sense": "refine",
"word": "refine"
}
],
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lammaʕa",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "لَمَّعَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hġkel",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "հղկել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "oġorkel",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "ողորկել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lǎskam",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "лъскам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poliram",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "полирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cāliàng",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "擦亮"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "leštit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polere"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "blanke"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "make shiny",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "pudse"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "make smooth",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "glatte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polijsten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "poetsen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "oppoetsen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "poluri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "make shiny",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "kiillottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "make smooth",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "hioa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "puunata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "shoes",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "lankata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "puír"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gyalízo",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "γυαλίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "loustráro",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "λουστράρω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "litésh",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "ליטש"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "kifényesít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "políroz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "fényez"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "briligar"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polisar"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polir"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"english": "metal",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "furbir"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"english": "shoes",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "lustrar"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"english": "to smooth",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "lisiar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "lucidare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "levigare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "lustrare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "brillantare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "tirare a lucido"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "migaku",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "磨く"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "for rice",
"roman": "togu",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "研ぐ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "puət",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "ពួត"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑŋkʰat",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "បង្ខាត់"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kʰat",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "ខាត់"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dakda",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "닦다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "poliō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "whakapiata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "whakamahine"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "whakamaheni"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "whakamahine"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "whakapīrata"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "poli"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polere"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "pusse"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "mührelemek",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "مهرهلمك"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "poliš kardan",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "پولیش کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polerować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "wygładzać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "lustrui"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "reflective surface",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "polirovátʹ",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "полирова́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "matte surface",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šlifovátʹ",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "шлифова́ть"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "gharṣati",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "घर्षति"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "lìomh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "pulir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "acicalar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "polera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "putsa"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "kānt-"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "parlatmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "mührelemek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poliruváty",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "полірува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "popoliruváty",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пополірува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidpoliróvuvaty",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відполіро́вувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidpoliruváty",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відполірува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "šlifuváty",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шліфува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pošlifuváty",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пошліфува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidšlifóvuvaty",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відшліфо́вувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidšlifuváty",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відшліфува́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
"word": "đánh bóng"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣaqal",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "صَقَل"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "polir"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "forfine"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "oppoetsen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "hioa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "parannella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "kehittää"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "puír"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "perfektionieren"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "perfezionare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "smussare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "levigare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "senren-suru",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "洗練する"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "szlifować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "polir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "perfecționa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "pulir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "polera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
"word": "putsa"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lǎskam",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "лъскам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "kiillottaa kenkiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "lankata"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "lustrar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "wichsen"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "cirajizar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "lustrare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "lucidare"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "náyiishį́į́h"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "bliatchinner"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "lustrui"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to apply shoe polish",
"word": "lìomh"
}
],
"word": "polish"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kagayaki vs. shininess",
"path": [
"polish"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "polish",
"trace": ""
}
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