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Polished   /pˈɑlɪʃt/   Listen
Polished

adjective
1.
Perfected or made shiny and smooth.  "In a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes" , "Freshly polished silver"
2.
Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.  Synonyms: refined, svelte, urbane.  "Maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
3.
(of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed.  Synonym: milled.
4.
(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth.  Synonym: dressed.


Polish

verb
(past & past part. polished; pres. part. polishing)
1.
Make (a surface) shine.  Synonyms: shine, smooth, smoothen.  "Polish my shoes"
2.
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.  Synonyms: down, fine-tune, refine.
3.
Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state.  Synonyms: brush up, polish up, round, round off.



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"Polished" Quotes from Famous Books



... silence. Sophia was very thankful to be hidden from the curiosity of the shop. The shop could see nothing of her, and only the back of the young man; and the conversation had been conducted in low voices. She tapped her foot, stared at the worn, polished surface of the counter, with the brass yard-measure nailed along its edge, and then she uneasily turned her gaze to the left and seemed to be examining the backs of the black bonnets which were perched on high stands in the great window. Then her ...
— The Old Wives' Tale • Arnold Bennett
... his portion. When the former, he hung out to dry two and sometimes four hours. The mids designated him "The Martinet." The second lieutenant was an elderly man, something of the old school, and not very polished, fond of spinning a tough yarn in the middle watch if the weather was fine, a fidgetty, practical sailor with a kind heart. He informed us he was born on board the Quebec, that his father was gunner of her when she blew up in the action with the French frigate Surveillante, ...
— A Sailor of King George • Frederick Hoffman
... a chair that stood beside a beautifully polished table of foreign wood, the like of which I had never seen before, and I, wishing very much to please her, sat down where she told me and placed the bundle of papers on the table. Lady Mary tiptoed over, as light-footed as a canary-bird, and sat down on the opposite side of the table, resting ...
— The O'Ruddy - A Romance • Stephen Crane
... his independence. In the second place, he opposed the prevalent feeling, because with many capacities of being otherwise, he was an ill-conditioned man. He found a pleasure in declaring that a courtier with the refined manners of Blandois ought to rise to the greatest distinction in any polished country. He found a pleasure in setting up Blandois as the type of elegance, and making him a satire upon others who piqued themselves on personal graces. He seriously protested that the bow of Blandois was perfect, ...
— Little Dorrit • Charles Dickens
... steps of a sleeping-car. She followed and sat down beside her valise, resting her elbow on the polished window-sill, and her ...
— A Young Man in a Hurry - and Other Short Stories • Robert W. Chambers


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