"polished" meaning in English

See polished in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɑlɪʃt/ [General-American], /ˈpɒlɪʃt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-polished.ogg Forms: more polished [comparative], most polished [superlative]
enPR: pŏlʹĭsht [General-American], pŏlʹĭsht [Received-Pronunciation] Head templates: {{en-adj}} polished (comparative more polished, superlative most polished)
  1. Made smooth or shiny by polishing. Translations (made smooth or shiny by polishing): ողորկ (oġork) (Armenian), блестящ (blestjašt) (Bulgarian), полиран (poliran) (Bulgarian), gepoetst (Dutch), kiillotettu (Finnish), poli (French), poliert (German), γυαλιστερός (gyalisterós) (Greek), מְצֻחְצָח (metsuh'tzach) [masculine] (Hebrew), lucido (Italian), rifinito (Italian), polītus (Latin), polizat (Romanian), lustruit (Romanian), полиро́ванный (poliróvannyj) (Russian), pulizziatu (Sicilian), поліро́ваний (poliróvanyj) (Ukrainian), caboledig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-polished-en-adj-j0k73jdz Disambiguation of 'made smooth or shiny by polishing': 98 2
  2. Refined, elegant. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (refined, elegant): изискан (iziskan) (Bulgarian), елегантен (eleganten) (Bulgarian), hieno (Finnish), hienostunut (Finnish), ραφινάτος (rafinátos) (Greek), elegante (Italian), pulito (Italian), perfezionato (Italian), rifinito (Italian), șlefuit (Romanian), pulitu (Sicilian), caboledig (Welsh), llathredig (Welsh), graenus (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-polished-en-adj-tYPPEgkB Disambiguation of Personality: 2 96 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 49 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 71 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 75 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 76 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 77 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 80 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 76 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 81 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 9 77 14 Disambiguation of 'refined, elegant': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: impolished, nail-polished, perpolished, polishedly, polishedness, polished rice, unpolished, well-polished

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɑlɪʃt/ [General-American], /ˈpɒlɪʃt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-polished.ogg
enPR: pŏlʹĭsht [General-American], pŏlʹĭsht [Received-Pronunciation] Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} polished
  1. simple past and past participle of polish Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: polish
    Sense id: en-polished-en-verb-DECdbaQn

Alternative forms

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          "text": "She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.",
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          "text": "a polished performance",
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          "ref": "1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol I, ch 2-pt i:",
          "text": "We may be well assured, that a writer, conversant with the world, would never have ventured to expose the gods of his country to public ridicule, had they not already been the objects of secret contempt among the polished and enlightened orders of society.",
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          "ref": "1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:",
          "text": "\"What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society.\"",
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          "ref": "1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 2:",
          "text": "She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "oġork",
      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
      "word": "ողորկ"
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      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
      "word": "gepoetst"
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      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
      "word": "kiillotettu"
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      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "gyalisterós",
      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
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      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
      "word": "lucido"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
      "word": "rifinito"
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      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
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      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
      "word": "полиро́ванный"
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      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
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      "roman": "poliróvanyj",
      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
      "word": "поліро́ваний"
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      "sense": "made smooth or shiny by polishing",
      "word": "caboledig"
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      "sense": "refined, elegant",
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      "sense": "refined, elegant",
      "word": "hienostunut"
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      "sense": "refined, elegant",
      "word": "ραφινάτος"
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