polish in WordNet English dictionary

1. bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
   "polish your social manners"
   polish  round  round off  polish up  brush up 
   
2. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
   "refine one's style of writing"
   polish  refine  fine-tune  down 
   
3. make (a surface) shine
   "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
   polish  smooth  smoothen  shine 
   

1. the property of being smooth and shiny
   polish  gloss  glossiness  burnish 
   
2. a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
   "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
   polish  refinement  culture  cultivation  finish 
   
3. a preparation used in polishing
   polish