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.

Meaning

• Made smooth or shiny by polishing.

  "polished shoes"

• Refined, elegant.

  "a polished performance"