"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 [US] Forms: more polished [comparative], most polished [superlative]
enPR: pŏlʹĭsht 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)
    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)
    Sense id: en-polished-en-adj-tYPPEgkB Disambiguation of Personality: 2 80 18 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 [US]
enPR: pŏlʹĭsht 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 8 87

Alternative forms

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    "Requests for review of Irish translations",
    "en:Personality"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "polished",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pol‧ished"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "polish"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "simple past and past participle of polish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "polish",
          "polish#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɑlɪʃt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɒlɪʃt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-polished.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/En-us-polished.ogg/En-us-polished.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/En-us-polished.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pŏlʹĭsht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polished"
}

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