polish
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the property of being smooth and shiny
Types & categories
- smoothness hypernym
- radiancy hypernym
- French polish hyponym
- glaze hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make (a surface) shine
shine the silver, please
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
they performed with great polish
Types & categories
- perfection hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
refine one's style of writing
Types & categories
- improve hypernym
- overrefine hyponym
- civilize hyponym
Related & opposite
- elaboration derivation
- refiner derivation
- refinement derivation
Sense 5 noun
a preparation used in polishing
Types & categories
- formulation hypernym
- shoe polish hyponym
- Simoniz hyponym
Related & opposite
- polish derivation
Sense 6 verb
bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
polish your social manners
Types & categories
- perfect hypernym
Related & opposite
- refinement derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | polish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | burnish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gloss |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sheeny |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | glossy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | smoothness |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | radiancy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | French polish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glaze |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shining |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | polisher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | polish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | polish |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | rub |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fancify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Simonize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slick |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | burnish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gloss |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | polish up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fine-tune |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | civilize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | perfection |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaboration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | refiner |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | refinement |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | overrefine |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | civilize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | polish |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | formulation |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoe polish |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Simoniz |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | refinement |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | perfect |