· make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"

Synonym(s): smooth, smoothen, shine

Hypernym(s): fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify

· improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"

Synonym(s): refine, fine-tune, down

Hypernym(s): better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

· bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"

Synonym(s): round, round_off, polish_up, brush_up

Hypernym(s): perfect, hone

· perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"

Antonym(s): unpolished

· showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"

Synonym(s): refined, urbane

· (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice"

Synonym(s): milled

· (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

Synonym(s): dressed