polish

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A substance used to polish.
2. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
3. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

Verb

1. To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
2. To refine; remove imperfections from.
3. To apply shoe polish to shoes.
4. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
5. To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

Concepten

poetsen

oppoetsen

🇵🇱

polijsten

🇵🇱

boenen

schoensmeer

schoencrème

Pools

🇵🇱

glans

schuren

zoeten

poetsmiddel

fatsoeneren

in de was zetten

knippen

met was inwrijven

poets

schoenen poetsen

slijpen

wrijven

afwrijven

afwerking

slijpen

vijlen

wrijven

afvegen

politoeren

politoer

finish

bijwerken

polijsten

Synoniemen

shine

burnish

grind

gloss

rub

smooth

refine

furbish

lustre

brush

finish

varnish

glaze

clean

refinement

brighten

luster

scrape

scrub

wipe

wax

smoothen

perfect

polishing

buff

lacquer

glossiness

sharpen

file

down

brush up

coat

🧥

make shine

round

glitter

scour

cultivation

sleekness

smoothness

plane

improve

buffing

gauziness

cleanse

sleaziness

sleek

slenderness

graze

slimness

grinding

elaborate

hone

comity

subtlety

tact

tactfulness

tenuity

tenuousness

thinness

ticklishness

improvement

trim

wash

🧽

abrade

whet

lustrousness

better

niceness

nicety

glossy finish

burnishing

polish up

black

purify

fineness

culture

fine-tune

brightness

delicacy

brilliance

round off

sheerness

dress

👗

scratch

soften

sophisticate

stone

🪨

straighten

train

🚋

trituration

turn around

urbanize

waspishness

wear

whetstone

whittle

wordsmith

work on

work out

work up

couth

finishing touch

grind on

japan

🗾

make even

make smooth

smear on

smooth down

wipe thoroughly

pesting

politure

reseat

make bright

become shiny

mill rice

cause to shine

make soft

remediate

glassing

lapped finishing

grinding-in

ground finish

tripsis

polishing agent

polishing tool

rub hard

polishing material

dead-bright

buffing compound

satin finishing

seat grinding

lapping finish

Polish

🇵🇱

put a gloss on

abrading

abrasion

adorn

advance

ameliorate

anoint

beautify

build

build up

calender

capstone

carry

chafe

civilize

complement

complete

concoct

consideration

contrive

correct

cultivate

cure

daintiness

deck

develop

dress up

dust

educate

elaboration

elevate

enhance

enlighten

ennoble

enrich

evenness

evolve

finalisation

finalise

finalization

finalize

finishing

flatten

flimsiness

forge

gestate

glossy

grace

grate

help

hew

humanize

instruct

lacker

lap

lapping

marble

milling

patina

perfection

pestle

polish off

press

ram down

reform

relieve

renew

review

revitalize

rub off

rub up

salve

sand

sand down

sandpaper

sharpening

shellac

shiner

size

skive

slightness

smash

smear

socialize

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.