[
UK
/pˈɒlɪʃt/
]
[ US /ˈpɑɫɪʃt/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑɫɪʃt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed
polished rice -
showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
maintained an urbane tone in his letters
his polished manner -
perfected or made shiny and smooth
freshly polished silver
his polished prose
in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes - (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
How To Use polished In A Sentence
- I'll get all the engine cowls off, get all the dust out of it, and a lot of areas have to be repolished.
- The principals of the local schools could be counted on for a couple of fresh scrubbed altar boys in charge of polished crucifix, candlesticks and dangerously toxic swinging thuribles.
- From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum (sacred shell beads, polished and strung in strands, belts, or sashes) to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts.
- It's frustrating, and makes the game look unpolished.
- Petrifications, where no organic material remains, are usually prepared as thin sections or polished and studied under reflected light.
- Some areas are left uncarved and unpolished, giving a dramatic sense of the raw material.
- Frequently covered in zits, freckles and pockmarks, his character's faces are detailed in their expressiveness without being overly polished.
- On the other side from the fire was a large polished wood structure, the product of miscegenation between a coatstand and a sideboard. A DEATH IN TIME
- And the niveous winter gleam, although polished, could never radiate the warmth of your smile.
- It's the most polished and polite they've been all week though. The Sun
