| verb | make (a surface) shine “shine the silver, please” |
| verb | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing “refine one's style of writing” |
| verb | bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state “polish your social manners” |
| adjective | perfected or made shiny and smooth “his polished prose” |
| adjective | showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience “his polished manner” |
| adjective | (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed “polished rice” |
| adjective | (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth |
| polish | noun | a preparation used in polishing |
| polisher | noun | a power tool used to buff surfaces |
| polishing | noun | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it |
| shining | noun | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it |
| refinement | noun | a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; ; ; --Joseph Conrad |
| refiner | noun | one whose work is to refine a specific thing |
| urbanity | noun | polished courtesy; elegance of manner |