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polished

/ˈpɒlɪʃt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈpɒlɪʃt/

polished

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Past ending sound

po - lis - hed -> polished

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အရောင်တင်ထားသော။ ရည်မွန်သော။ ပြောင်မြောက်သော။ (v[pt]) ပြောင်လက်အောင်တိုက်ချွတ်ခဲ့ (v[pp]) ပြောင်လက်အောင်တိုက်ချွတ်ခဲ့ပြီး

Full entry

polish /'pɒlÇʃ/ v

၁။ ~ sth (up) (with sth) (အရောင်တင်ဆေး ဖြင့်) ပြောင်လက်အောင် တိုက်ချွတ်သည်။ polish shoes with a brush and a cloth ❍ polish the floor ❍ polish up some old brass candlesticks.
၂။ ~ sth (up) ပြုပြင်မွမ်းမံသည်။ polish (up) a speech/an article.
n
၁။ [U, C] အရောင်တင်ဆေး။ ပါလစ်။ wax polish ❍ furniture/floor/shoe polish ❍ a tin of metal polish ❍ apply polish to sth. See also FRENCH POLISH, NAIL VARNISH
၂။ [sing] အရောင်တင်ထားသော မျက်နှာပြင်။ a table-top with a good polish.
၃။ [sing] တိုက်ချွတ် အရောင်တင်ခြင်း။ give the floor a thorough polish.
၄။ [U] (approv ) ရည်မွန်မှု။ ပြောင်မြောက်မှု။ He's still young and lacks polish and sophistication. ❍ The choir sang with clarity, precision and polish.
❏ polished adj
၁။ အရောင်တင်ထားသော။ polished wood.
၂။ ရည်မွန်သော။ ပြောင်မြောက်သော။ polished manners ❍ a polished style/performance.
❏ polisher n အရောင်တင်စက်။ a floor polisher.
❏ polish sth off [PHRV ] (infml ) အပြတ်ရှင်းသည်။ polish off a big plateful of stew (ie eat it all) ❍ polish off a bit of work.
❏ polish sth up [PHRV ] မွမ်းမံသည်။ အရောင်တင်သည်။ The country needs to polish up its image abroad.

More examples

They spend most of their time polishing shoes.
He’d spent the summer polishing his flying skills.

Synonyms

shine, buff, buff up, rub, clean, dust, sparkle, amend, better, breeding, brighten, brightness, brilliance, brush up, burnish, class, control, correct, cultivate, cultivated look, cultivation, culture, elegance, emend, enhance, finesse, finish, furbish, glaze, gleam, glint, gloss, grace, hone, improve, improve performance, look, luster, make improvement, mature, mend, perfect, performance, politesse, practice, refine, refinement, round, scour, scrub, sheen, skill, sleek, slick, smooth, smoothness, sophistication, style, suavity, touch up, urbanity, varnish, veneer, wax, work on

Antonyms

corrupt, crudeness, darkness, deface, destroy, dirty, dull, dullness, ignorance, reduce, roughen, ruin, spoil, tarnish, upset, worsen

Cross references

shine buff buff up rub clean dust sparkle amend better breeding brighten brightness brilliance brush up burnish class control correct cultivate cultivated look cultivation culture elegance emend enhance finesse finish furbish

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