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pol·ished (pŏl′ĭsht)
adj.
1.
a. Made shiny and smooth by rubbing or chemical action.
b. Naturally shiny and smooth.
2. Having the husk or outer layers removed. Used of grains of rice.
3.
a. Refined or sophisticated: polished manners.
b. Having no imperfections or errors; well-executed; flawless: gave a polished presentation to the board.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

polished (ˈpɒlɪʃt)
adj
1. accomplished: a polished actor.
2. impeccably or professionally done: a polished performance.
3. (Cookery) (of rice) having had the outer husk removed by milling

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007,
2009, 2011, 2014

polished
facetious - Originally meant "having polished or urbane manners," and, along with sequoia, uses all five vowels.
nitid - A word for "bright, shining, polished, glossy."
polite - Actually meant "polished" or "burnished" when it came into English.
urban, urbane - Urban refers to a city; urbane means polished and smooth, as in a person's demeanor.

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Adj. 1. polished - perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes";
"freshly polished silver"
↔ bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
≠ unpolished - not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing; "dull unpolished shoes"
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2. polished - 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"
≡ svelte, urbane, refined
↔ sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-
faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a
sophisticated book"

3. polished - (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed; "polished rice"
≡ milled
↔ processed - prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process;
"processed ores"
4. polished - (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
≡ dressed
↔ finished - (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state; "a finished product"
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polished
adjective
1. ≡ elegant, sophisticated, refined, polite, cultivated, civilized, genteel, suave, finished, urbane, courtly, well-
bred He is polished, charming and articulate.
elegant ≠ unsophisticated, unrefined, inelegant, uncultivated, uncivilized
2. ≡ accomplished, professional, masterly, fine, expert, outstanding, skilful, adept, impeccable, flawless,
superlative, faultless a polished performance
accomplished ≠ inept, unskilled, amateurish, inexpert, unaccomplished
3.≡ shining, bright, smooth, gleaming, glossy, slippery, burnished, glassy, furbished a highly polished surface
shining ≠ dark, rough, matt, dull

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

polished adjective
1. Having a high, radiant sheen:
≡ glassy, gleaming, glistening, glossy, lustrous, shining, shiny.
2. Characterized by discriminating taste and broad knowledge as a result of development or education:
≡ civilized, cultivated, cultured, educated, refined, urbane, well-bred.
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pulido

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polished [ˈpɒlɪʃt] ADJ

1. (lit) [metal, wood] → pulido
2. (fig) [style etc] → pulido, elegante; [person] → culto, refinado; [manners] → refinado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers
1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

polish (ˈpoliʃ) verb

1. to make smooth and shiny by rubbing. She polished her shoes.lustrar, abrillantar, sacar brillo/lustre, limpiar
2. (especially with up) to improve. Polish up your English!perfeccionar, mejorar
noun
1. smoothness and shininess. There's a wonderful polish on this old wood.brillo, lustre
2. a kind of liquid, or other substance used to make something shiny. furniture polish; silver polish. cera, betún;
abrillantador
ˈpolished adjective
(negative unpolished). pulido
polish off
to finish. She polished off the last of the ice-cream.despachar; zamparse

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