Meaning

• A substance used to polish.

  "A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily."

• Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.

  "The floor was waxed to a high polish."

• Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

  "The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk."

Meaning

• To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.

  "He polished up the chrome until it gleamed."

• To refine; remove imperfections from.

  "The band has polished its performance since the last concert."

• To apply shoe polish to shoes.

• To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.

  "Steel polishes well."

• To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.