polish, v.
(polished, polishes, polishing)
freq. cnt. 10
(polished, polishes, polishing)
freq. cnt. 10
make (a surface) shine
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1
polish shine smooth smoothen
sample sentences
"shine the silver, please""polish my shoes"
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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They %s the glass tubes
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
They %s the glass tubes
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
They %s the glass tubes
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improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2
down fine-tune polish refine
sample sentences
"refine one's style of writing"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
<verb.change>
brush up polish polish up round round off
sample sentences
"polish your social manners"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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