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      polish
      noun
      The language spoken in Poland.
      A breed of chickens with a large crest of feathers.
      Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
      Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
      A substance used to polish.
      verb
      (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
      (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
      (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
      (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
      (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
      adjective
      Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.
      Roots
      polirepol- · Latin · to make smooth, polish-iss--ish · French · verb-forming (from Old French -iss- inchoative stem)
      Synonyms for polish
      burnishnglossvshinenrefinevvarnishnfurbishvcolcotharrefinementn
      Words related to polish
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      Where does polish come from?

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