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pol‧ished/ˈpɒlɪʃt $ ˈpɑː-/ adjective
1. shiny because of being rubbed, usually with polish:
　 ▪ highly polished boots

2. done with great skill and style:
　 ▪ a polished performance
　 ▪ a polished piece of writing

3. polite, confident, and graceful:
　 ▪ a polished and confident man
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THESAURUS
▪shiny looking bright and smooth, and reflecting light :
　 ▪ Her hair was now washed and shiny.
　 ▪ A shiny limousine pulled in front of the building.
　 ▪ His face was shiny with sweat.
　 ▪ shiny metal objects
▪glossy used about hair or fur that looks shiny and healthy. Glossy magazines and books use expensive shiny paper :
　 ▪ My hair seemed much thicker and more glossy.
　 ▪ His fur is all glossy.
　 ▪ The plant's leaves were still glossy.
　 ▪ He was flicking through a glossy magazine.
　 ▪ glossy brochures advertising skiing vacations
▪sleek shiny and smooth in a way that looks very attractive – used especially about hair, fur, a car or machine, or about someone's body :
　 ▪ the cat's sleek fur
　 ▪ His sleek dark-blue Mercedes was parked outside.
　 ▪ I looked at the sleek brown bodies resting beside the pool.
　 ▪ the sleek lines of a Bang and Olufsen television
　 ▪ A small jet waited like a sleek silver bird beside the runway.
▪silky very soft and smooth to touch, like silk – used about hair, fur, skin, or material :
　 ▪ Her skirt and jacket were made of smooth, silky fabric.
　 ▪ Fernando stroked her silky hair and kissed her forehead.
　 ▪ her silky skin
▪gleaming very shiny and clean – used especially about something that has just been polished :
　 ▪ A gleaming motorcycle stood parked outside the bar.
　 ▪ his gleaming white teeth
　 ▪ gleaming black shoes
　 ▪ The tourist brochures show gleaming white sand.
▪glistening literary something that is glistening is shiny, especially because it is wet :
　 ▪ her glistening eyes
　 ▪ I recognized his dark glistening skin.
　 ▪ We stared at the glistening expanse of the sea.
　 ▪ the glistening white of the dome
　 ▪ the glistening black heads of the seals
▪lustrous literary shining in a soft gentle way – used about hair, eyes, lips, or material :
　 ▪ Her hair was thick and lustrous.
　 ▪ His eyes were dark and lustrous.
　 ▪ her lustrous lips
　 ▪ the fabric's smooth lustrous surface
▪polished polished shoes, floors, tables etc are shiny because they have been rubbed until they shine :
　 ▪ a highly polished floor

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
polished
▪ I didn't want to spill anything on the polished surface of the table.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
highly
▪ He levers his feet into a pair of highly polished black calf Oxfords.
▪ A highly polished effort, the graphics are nothing short of amazing.
▪ Well-dressed suckers were pouring out of the upstairs theatre, barrelling down the rickety spiral staircase, skidding on the highly polished floor.
▪ However, what caught my eye most was a highly polished harmonium.
▪ With his highly polished boots and gaiters, corduroy trousers and tweed jacket, he looked the epitome of authority.
▪ The phone slipped from Lucenzo's fingers to the highly polished desk with a clatter.
▪ His is not just a lovingly maintained and highly polished old car.
NOUN
floor
▪ As Nicholson headed towards it his shoes beat out a tattoo on the polished floor.
▪ Gaggia machines burbled on marble bars, new secretaries clicked across polished floors, uniformed valets twirled glass doors.
▪ Well-dressed suckers were pouring out of the upstairs theatre, barrelling down the rickety spiral staircase, skidding on the highly polished floor.
▪ They may not feel easy at moving fast on a polished floor.
▪ It was big, square room with a polished floor and a high ceiling.
▪ Jessica was standing on the polished floor, beside the polished table, in the elegant and lovely room.
▪ The next task is to give the house a thorough spring-clean, paying particular attention to curtains, carpets and polished floors.
▪ Remembering the visit to the cotton mill, on the other hand, I can see myself watching from the polished floor.
mahogany
▪ A polished mahogany table, big enough to seat twenty people, ran down the middle of it.
▪ His new passenger carriages were also impressive, with polished mahogany bodies.
▪ Did he take Policemen and Bishops Inspector Spruce placed his notebook on the polished mahogany table and waited.
▪ She ran to the polished mahogany bureau, opened the lid and threw the choker on to a pile of papers.
▪ An ordinary pack; a Tarot pack; she spread them out on the polished mahogany.
▪ Alfred Oliver finally crumbles in a heap behind his polished mahogany counter.
surface
▪ Huy looked at the black polished surface of the table behind which Kenamun stood.
▪ Horizontal sections of enormous redwoods were frequently displayed with single rings identified on the polished surface.
▪ The embalmers may well have been attracted by the waxed and polished surface of the monthly Playmates.
▪ He went across and stood there beside the saddle, smoothing his hand over its finely polished surfaces.
▪ His gaze remained fixed on the polished surface of the table, which dimly reflected the glooms and gleams of the room.
▪ Etching such a polished surface gives a relief which is more subtly fabric selective than etches controlled by an imperfect surface.
▪ These lay down the marvellously patterned and polished surface characteristic of cowries.
▪ Sample preparation Single crystal samples with polished surfaces give the best results.
table
▪ Anyway, Irene always complained about the way lupins shed their petals all over the polished table.
▪ When she emerged, the wall-lights had been dimmed and the polished table by the french windows had been set for two.
▪ A polished table was in one corner, with dining chairs askew round it.
▪ A long polished table stood in the centre, holding an assortment of bottles, and a tray of glasses.
▪ Jessica was standing on the polished floor, beside the polished table, in the elegant and lovely room.
▪ A long, polished table stood in the centre of the room.
▪ It ran in a red river across the polished table top and cascaded on to her peacock-blue cashmere skirt.
▪ A highly polished table under a mirror, perhaps a bowl of flowers beside it reflecting in the table.
wood
▪ The place was fitted out in dark, polished wood in the style of the twenties.
▪ There was a large table in the centre of the room, made of dark polished wood.
▪ It is in walnut polished wood, bow fronted with bow legs.
▪ The floor was of plain polished wood with islands of Bokhara carpets.
▪ Traditional with polished wood furniture and fine accessories to create a feeling of opulence.
▪ Rosie at once scrambled to her feet, the marbles she had in her lap dropping and clattering over the polished wood floors.
▪ A couple of very good oriental rugs were pools of subdued colour on the polished wood floor.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ polished manners
▪ a polished and handsome lawyer
▪ a polished granite counter
▪ a polished oak floor
▪ All their furniture was made of dark red polished wood.
▪ Guillem is a polished ballerina.
▪ Her nails were beautifully shaped and polished.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A woman is more likely to be put off by a polished performer, if that is all he has to offer.
▪ For many teachers therefore written language is equated with literary language, with the polished performance of narrative, drama or poetry.
▪ He levers his feet into a pair of highly polished black calf Oxfords.
▪ His paper-weight and doorstop were of ground and polished foin-stone.
▪ Horizontal sections of enormous redwoods were frequently displayed with single rings identified on the polished surface.
▪ On one edge of the table a cigarette had burned a nice little groove in the polished oak.
▪ The décor was all polished glass tiles and gleaming brass.