Another word for polish
polish
v.
burnish, buff, shine, brighten, rub, wax, clean, smooth, scour, furbish, finish, varnish, gloss; see also glaze, shine 3.
polish implies rubbing, as with a cloth or tool and, often, an abrasive, paste, etc., to produce a smooth or glossy surface to polish silver, glass, furniture, etc.; burnish specifically suggests the rubbing of metals to make them bright and lustrous burnished steel; buff implies polishing with a stick or tool covered with specially treated leather (originally buffalo hide) or with a soft cloth or pad to buff the fingernails; shine implies making bright and clean by polishing to shine shoes
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Another word for polish
To give a gleaming luster to, usually through friction:
buff1, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, shine, sleek. See lightTo bring to perfection or completion:
perfect, refine, smooth. Idiom: smooth off the rough edges. See betterTo improve by making minor changes or additions:
retouch, touch up. See better
- (Informal)
To use all of:
consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up. See increase - (Informal)
To eat completely or entirely:
consume, devour, dispatch, eat up. (Informal) put away. See ingestion
A radiant brightness or glow, usually due to light reflected from a smooth surface:
burnish, glaze, gloss, luster, sheen, shine, sleekness. See lightRefined, effortless beauty of manner, form, and style:
elegance, elegancy, grace, urbanity. See beautiful, style
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