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1. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
   "his polished manner";
   - refined, urbane
    
2. (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed
   "polished rice";
   - milled
    
3. (of lumber or stone) trimmed and smoothed
   - dressed
    
4. Perfected or made shiny and smooth
   "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"

1. Make (a surface) shiny
   "polish my shoes";
   - smooth, smoothen, shine
    
2. Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
   "polish one's style of writing";
   - refine, fine-tune, down [informal]
    
3. Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
   "polish your social manners";
   - round, round off, polish up, brush up

See also: bright, burnished, finished, lustrous, processed, shining, shiny, sophisticated

Type of: ameliorate, amend, beautify, better, embellish, fancify, hone, improve, meliorate, mend, perfect, prettify

Antonym: unpolished

Encyclopedia: Polished