"polish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/ [UK], /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-polish.ogg Forms: polishes [plural]
enPR: pŏl'ĭsh [UK], pä'lĭsh [US] Etymology: From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pel- (beat)}}, {{inh|en|enm|polishen}} Middle English polishen, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|polio|polīre|to polish, make smooth}} Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pelh₂-||to drive, strike, thrust}} Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polish (countable and uncountable, plural polishes)
  1. A substance used to polish. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hygiene Synonyms (substance): wax Translations (substance used to polish): լաք (lakʻ) (Armenian), лак (lak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), гланц (glanc) [masculine] (Bulgarian), политура (politura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), poliment [masculine] (Catalan), leštidlo [neuter] (Czech), pudsecreme [common-gender] (Danish), politur [common-gender] (Danish), poets (Dutch), poetsmiddel (Dutch), polurilo (Esperanto), kiillote (Finnish), kiillotusaine (Finnish), vernis [masculine] (French), Politur [feminine] (German), poles (Indonesian), lucido [masculine] (Italian), cera [feminine] (Italian), 研磨剤 (kenma-zai) (Japanese), پولیش (poliš) (Persian), pasta do polerowania [feminine] (Polish), cera [feminine] (Portuguese), graxa [feminine] (Portuguese), pastă de lustruit [feminine] (Romanian), lìomh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pulidor [masculine] (Spanish), abrillantador [masculine] (Spanish), pulimento [masculine] (Spanish), betún (english: shoe polish) [masculine] (Spanish), polityr (Swedish), polermedel (Swedish), putsmedel (Swedish), parlatma maddesi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-polish-en-noun-Mi9bdgqx Disambiguation of Hygiene: 13 28 23 24 2 1 1 7 Disambiguation of 'substance': 94 3 3 Disambiguation of 'substance used to polish': 98 1 1
  2. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hygiene Synonyms (smoothness, shininess): finish, sheen, shine, shininess, smoothness Translations (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess): лъскавина (lǎskavina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), блясък (bljasǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), glans [common-gender] (Danish), glathed [common-gender] (Danish), glans [masculine] (Dutch), poluro (Esperanto), (shininess) kiilto (Finnish), tasaisuus (english: smoothness) (Finnish), Glanz [masculine] (German), lucidità [feminine] (Italian), lucentezza [feminine] (Italian), brillantezza [feminine] (Italian), levigatezza [feminine] (Italian), 綺麗 (kirei) (english: cleanliness) (Japanese), 清らか (kiyoraka) (Japanese), 清潔 (seiketsu) (Japanese), 平ら (taira) (english: smoothness) (Japanese), 平坦 (heitan) (Japanese), 輝き (shininess) (Japanese), つや (tsuya) (Japanese), (tsuya) (Japanese), 光沢 (kōtaku) (Japanese), połysk [masculine] (Polish), polimento [masculine] (Portuguese), polish (Swedish), glans (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-polish-en-noun-ox48w4jf Disambiguation of Hygiene: 13 28 23 24 2 1 1 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean 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with entries: 6 37 2 4 29 13 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 7 48 6 4 14 12 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 8 46 8 4 14 12 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 8 43 7 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 43 7 5 15 11 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 43 5 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 38 16 4 13 11 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 6 54 4 3 14 11 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 34 2 7 19 16 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 6 45 4 4 18 14 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 43 6 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 33 2 7 20 14 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 43 6 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 37 2 5 18 16 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 40 3 5 16 12 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 9 43 10 4 14 12 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 46 7 3 13 10 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 6 42 2 4 21 16 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 8 43 7 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 5 46 4 4 19 15 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 39 2 5 20 16 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 7 39 2 5 20 16 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 8 46 7 4 14 12 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 43 6 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 7 39 2 5 20 16 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 40 10 5 14 10 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 43 6 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 6 44 5 4 17 14 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 9 39 6 5 16 13 5 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 43 6 5 14 12 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 12 41 10 5 12 11 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 8 43 6 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 43 6 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 41 6 4 15 16 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 43 6 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 39 2 5 20 16 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 8 43 4 5 16 14 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 9 43 6 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 44 1 5 18 14 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 44 5 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 4 72 3 1 10 7 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 44 5 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 9 43 6 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 8 43 7 4 15 13 4 6 Disambiguation of 'smoothness, shininess': 2 96 2 Disambiguation of 'cleanliness; smoothness; shininess': 1 91 8
  3. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hygiene Synonyms (cleanliness in performance or presentation): class, elegance, panache, refinement, style Translations (cleanliness in performance or presentation): elegance [common-gender] (Danish), forfinelse [common-gender] (Danish), viimeistely (Finnish), selkeys (Finnish), tyyli (Finnish), Schliff [masculine] (German), raffinatezza [feminine] (Italian), 洗練 (senren) (Japanese), polimento [masculine] (Portuguese), finess (Swedish), polityr (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-polish-en-noun-x-Oj1jIs Disambiguation of Hygiene: 13 28 23 24 2 1 1 7 Disambiguation of 'cleanliness in performance or presentation': 2 17 81 Disambiguation of 'cleanliness in performance or presentation': 2 13 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: polissoir

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/ [UK], /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-polish.ogg Forms: polishes [present, singular, third-person], polishing [participle, present], polished [participle, past], polished [past]
enPR: pŏl'ĭsh [UK], pä'lĭsh [US] Etymology: From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pel- (beat)}}, {{inh|en|enm|polishen}} Middle English polishen, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|polio|polīre|to polish, make smooth}} Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pelh₂-||to drive, strike, thrust}} Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} polish (third-person singular simple present polishes, present participle polishing, simple past and past participle polished)
  1. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hygiene Synonyms (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, shine, buff, furbish, burnish, smooth, bone Translations (make a surface smooth or shiny): لَمَّعَ (lammaʕa) (Arabic), հղկել (hġkel) (Armenian), ողորկել (oġorkel) (Armenian), лъскам (lǎskam) (Bulgarian), полирам (poliram) (Bulgarian), polir (Catalan), 擦亮 (cāliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), leštit (Czech), polere (Danish), blanke (Danish), pudse (english: make shiny) (Danish), glatte (english: make smooth) (Danish), polijsten (Dutch), poetsen (Dutch), oppoetsen (Dutch), poluri (Esperanto), kiillottaa (english: make shiny) (Finnish), hioa (english: make smooth) (Finnish), puunata [colloquial] (Finnish), lankata (english: shoes) (Finnish), polir (French), puír (Galician), polieren (German), γυαλίζω (gyalízo) (Greek), λουστράρω (loustráro) (Greek), ליטש (litésh) (Hebrew), kifényesít (Hungarian), políroz (Hungarian), fényez (Hungarian), briligar (Ido), polisar (Ido), polir (Interlingua), furbir (english: metal) (Interlingua), lustrar (english: shoes) (Interlingua), lisiar (english: to smooth) (Interlingua), lucidare (Italian), levigare (Italian), lustrare (Italian), brillantare (Italian), tirare a lucido (Italian), 磨く (migaku) (Japanese), 研ぐ (togu) (note: for rice) (Japanese), ពួត (puət) (Khmer), បង្ខាត់ (bɑŋkʰat) (Khmer), ខាត់ (kʰat) (Khmer), 닦다 (dakda) (Korean), poliō (Latin), whakapiata (Maori), whakamahine (Maori), whakamaheni (Maori), whakapīrata (Maori), poli (Norman), polere (Norwegian Bokmål), pusse (Norwegian Bokmål), مهرهلمك (mührelemek) (Ottoman Turkish), پولیش کردن (poliš kardan) (Persian), polerować (Polish), wygładzać (Polish), polir (Portuguese), lustrui (Romanian), полирова́ть (polirovátʹ) (english: reflective surface) (Russian), шлифова́ть (šlifovátʹ) (english: matte surface) (Russian), घर्षति (gharṣati) (Sanskrit), lìomh (Scottish Gaelic), pulir (Spanish), acicalar (Spanish), polir (Spanish), polera (Swedish), putsa (Swedish), kānt- (Tocharian B), parlatmak (Turkish), mührelemek (Turkish), полірува́ти (poliruváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), пополірува́ти (popoliruváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), відполіро́вувати (vidpoliróvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відполірува́ти (vidpoliruváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), шліфува́ти (šlifuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), пошліфува́ти (pošlifuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), відшліфо́вувати (vidšlifóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відшліфува́ти (vidšlifuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), đánh bóng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-polish-en-verb-UGp8HXrF Disambiguation of Hygiene: 13 28 23 24 2 1 1 7 Disambiguation of 'to make smooth and shiny by rubbing': 67 3 3 16 11 Disambiguation of 'make a surface smooth or shiny': 76 0 1 17 5
  2. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from. Tags: transitive Translations (to refine; improve imperfections from): صَقَل (ṣaqal) (Arabic), polir (Catalan), forfine (Danish), oppoetsen (Dutch), hioa (Finnish), parannella (Finnish), kehittää (Finnish), puír (Galician), perfektionieren (German), perfezionare (Italian), smussare (Italian), levigare (Italian), 洗練する (senren-suru) (Japanese), szlifować [imperfective] (Polish), polir (Portuguese), perfecționa (Romanian), pulir (Spanish), polir (Spanish), alcorzar (Spanish), acicalar (Spanish), polera (Swedish), putsa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-polish-en-verb-en:refine;_improve_imperfections_from Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 26 4 6 30 11 10 5 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 7 29 2 5 24 17 8 7 Disambiguation of 'to refine; improve imperfections from': 1 54 1 7 36
  3. (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes. Tags: transitive Translations (to apply shoe polish): лъскам (lǎskam) (Bulgarian), kiillottaa kenkiä (Finnish), lankata (Finnish), lustrar (Galician), wichsen (German), cirajizar (Ido), lustrare (Italian), lucidare (Italian), náyiishį́į́h (Navajo), bliatchinner (Norman), lustrui (Romanian), lìomh (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-polish-en-verb-ZPvuCQ7q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 26 4 6 30 11 10 5 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 7 29 2 5 24 17 8 7 Disambiguation of 'to apply shoe polish': 1 2 95 1 2
  4. (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-polish-en-verb--e08Jpya
  5. (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-polish-en-verb-u7mErSGR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (refine): hone, perfect, refine Related terms: polite

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "depolish"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "expolish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "apple-polish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "French polish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "furniture polish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "glacial polish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nail polish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "polish remover"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "shoe polish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "spit and polish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "stove polish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "varnish polish"
    },
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      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.",
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "lakʻ",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "word": "լաք"
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          "roman": "lak",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
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          ],
          "word": "лак"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "glanc",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гланц"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "politura",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "политура"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "poliment"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "leštidlo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "pudsecreme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "politur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "word": "poets"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "word": "poetsmiddel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "word": "polurilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "word": "kiillote"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "word": "kiillotusaine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vernis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Politur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "word": "poles"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lucido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kenma-zai",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "word": "研磨剤"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "poliš",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "word": "پولیش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pasta do polerowania"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "graxa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "substance used to polish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pastă de lustruit"
        },
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "repolish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "interpolish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polish a turd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polish off"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polish one's rocket"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polish the pearl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polish up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polish up on"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polishable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polished"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polisher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polishing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polishment"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polishure"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unpolish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "you can't polish shit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "you can't polish a turd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pel- (beat)"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "polishen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English polishen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "polio",
        "4": "polīre",
        "5": "to polish, make smooth"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pelh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to drive, strike, thrust"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "polishes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "polishing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "polished",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "polished",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "polish (third-person singular simple present polishes, present participle polishing, simple past and past participle polished)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "polite"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 28 23 24 2 1 1 7",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hygiene",
          "orig": "en:Hygiene",
          "parents": [
            "Health",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-polish-en-verb-UGp8HXrF",
      "links": [
        [
          "shine",
          "shine"
        ],
        [
          "smooth",
          "smooth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "67 3 3 16 11",
          "sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
          "word": "wax"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 3 3 16 11",
          "sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
          "word": "shine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 3 3 16 11",
          "sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
          "word": "buff"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 3 3 16 11",
          "sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
          "word": "furbish"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 3 3 16 11",
          "sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
          "word": "burnish"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 3 3 16 11",
          "sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
          "word": "smooth"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 3 3 16 11",
          "sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
          "word": "bone"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "lammaʕa",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "لَمَّعَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hġkel",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "հղկել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "oġorkel",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "ողորկել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lǎskam",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "лъскам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "poliram",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "полирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cāliàng",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "擦亮"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "leštit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "blanke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "da",
          "english": "make shiny",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "pudse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "da",
          "english": "make smooth",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "glatte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polijsten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "poetsen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "oppoetsen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "poluri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "make shiny",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "kiillottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "make smooth",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "hioa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "puunata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "shoes",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "lankata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "puír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gyalízo",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "γυαλίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "loustráro",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "λουστράρω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "litésh",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "ליטש"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "kifényesít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "políroz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "fényez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "briligar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polisar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ia",
          "english": "metal",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "furbir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ia",
          "english": "shoes",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "lustrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ia",
          "english": "to smooth",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "lisiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "lucidare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "levigare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "lustrare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "brillantare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "tirare a lucido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "migaku",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "磨く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "for rice",
          "roman": "togu",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "研ぐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "puət",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "ពួត"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑŋkʰat",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "បង្ខាត់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kʰat",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "ខាត់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dakda",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "닦다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "poliō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "whakapiata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "whakamahine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "whakamaheni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "whakapīrata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "poli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "pusse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "mührelemek",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "مهرهلمك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "poliš kardan",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "پولیش کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polerować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "wygładzać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "lustrui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "reflective surface",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "polirovátʹ",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "полирова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "matte surface",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šlifovátʹ",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "шлифова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "gharṣati",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "घर्षति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "lìomh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "pulir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "acicalar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "polera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "putsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "kānt-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "parlatmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "word": "mührelemek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "poliruváty",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "полірува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "popoliruváty",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "пополірува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidpoliróvuvaty",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "відполіро́вувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidpoliruváty",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "відполірува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šlifuváty",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "шліфува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pošlifuváty",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "пошліфува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidšlifóvuvaty",
          "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "відшліфо́вувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 0 1 17 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidšlifuváty",
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      "sense": "substance used to polish",
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      "word": "研磨剤"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "putsmedel"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "parlatma maddesi"
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "interpolish"
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    {
      "word": "polish a turd"
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    {
      "word": "polish one's rocket"
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      "sense": "to make smooth and shiny by rubbing",
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      "word": "հղկել"
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      "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
      "word": "擦亮"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "polere"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
      "word": "pudse"
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      "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": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make a surface smooth or shiny",
      "word": "polir"
    },
    {
      "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": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
      "word": "polir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
      "word": "alcorzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to refine; improve imperfections from",
      "word": "acicalar"
    },
    {
      "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"
}

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  "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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