What does Polished mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. polishedadjective

    perfected or made shiny and smooth

    "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"

  2. polished, refined, svelte, urbaneadjective

    showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

    "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"

  3. milled, polishedadjective

    (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed

    "polished rice"

  4. dressed, polishedadjective

    (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

Wiktionary

  1. polishedadjective

    Made smooth or shiny by polishing.

    polished shoes

  2. polishedadjective

    refined, elegant

    a polished performance

ChatGPT

  1. polished

    Polished refers to something that has been refined, improved, or perfected to a high level of sophistication, skill, or shine, either literally or metaphorically. It can refer to the surface of an object that is shiny and smooth because it has been rubbed or treated, or to a person's behavior or work that is elegant, refined or highly developed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Polished

    of Polish

  2. Polishedadjective

    made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse

Wikidata

  1. Polished

    Polished is an award winning short film directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly, featuring William B. Davis as a lonely aging businessman who yearns for human contact from shoeshiner Karyn Dwyer.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Polished in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Polished in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Polished in a Sentence

  1. Barack Obama:

    Deval, you done good, man, you started with an outstanding state but you've burnished it and polished it and most importantly you've gotten people involved and made people believe in civic engagement.

  2. Vanna Bonta:

    People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.

  3. Michael Che:

    One of the things that annoyed me was when it was happening people were like ‘Oh well now he’s selling tickets,' yeah, he had a polished act that he wanted to present to people. And now people are buying tickets to hear him talk about dumb s--- that he has zero interest in even bringing up.

  4. Debra Aho Williamson:

    Instagram Stories are in themselves already more intimate. You can share things that are maybe a bit less polished, less perfect, [ and ] daily moments from your life, from there is the ability to narrow the audience. I think that's valuable.

  5. Rhonda Faehn:

    Rachel Gowey, Rachel Gowey is a polished athlete and has a nice look too Rachel Gowey with Rachel Gowey lines and Rachel Gowey has strong start values and that helps as well, i really think Rachel Gowey is absolutely one who has great potential. Rachel Gowey has had ankle problems but you can see the potential there.

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