polir

Meaning

1. to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding (often polish up)
2. to refine; remove imperfections

Concepts

polish

🇵🇱

burnish

shine

grind

black

scrape

refine

smooth

finish

frost

gloss

glossiness

grate

graze

grinding

hone

improvement

polishing

rarefy

refinement

round

round off

rub

rub off

sand down

scour

scratch

sharpen

smoothen

strike

studying

wash

🧽

make smooth

polish up

culture

brush

brush up

chafe

cultivation

down

file

fine-tune

Synonyms

cirer

limer

frotter

lisser

brunir

gratter

vernir

râper

fourbir

glose

laver

🧽

lustrer

🇵🇱

masturber

moudre

nettoyer

peaufiner

perfectionner

poncer

raffiner

récurer

supplier

affuter

doucir

🇵🇱

faire briller

meuler

raffinement

aiguiser

égriser

aplanir

astiquer

🇵🇱

branler

brosser

clarifier

culture

étudier

Translations

polieren

polijsten

🇵🇱

pulir

🇵🇱

poetsen

polir

🇵🇱

lucidare

🇵🇱

γυαλίζω

pulimentar

🇵🇱

glätten

levigare

boenen

schuren

لمع

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɔ.liʁ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: poliō

In summary

Borrowed from Latin polīre (“to polish”).