polished (verb)

  • 1polished off — verb (to remove polish; or to finish something) …

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  • 2nail — noun 1 on the fingers/toes ⇨ See also ↑fingernail, ↑toenail ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ sharp ▪ healthy, strong ▪ …

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  • 3bronze — noun 1 metal ADJECTIVE ▪ cast ▪ burnished, polished VERB + BRONZE ▪ be cast in, be made from/in/of/out of ▪ …

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  • 4polish off — verb 1. finish a task completely (Freq. 1) I finally got through this homework assignment • Syn: ↑get through, ↑wrap up, ↑finish off, ↑mop up, ↑clear up, ↑finish up …

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  • 5polish up — verb bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state polish your social manners • Syn: ↑polish, ↑round, ↑round off, ↑brush up • Derivationally related forms: ↑polish (for: ↑ …

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  • 6eat up — verb 1. finish eating all the food on one s plate or on the table (Freq. 2) She polished off the remaining potatoes • Syn: ↑finish, ↑polish off • Hypernyms: ↑eat • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 7polish off — verb a) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with ones tongue) or liquor. They polished off the last of the cake. b) To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive). White rice is rice that has had the brownish hull… …

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  • 8wear off — verb a) to diminish in effect The effect of the injection will gradually wear off. b) to disappear because of being abraded, over polished, or abused The silver plating on that cheap silverware will wear off …

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  • 9burnish — verb [usu. as adjective burnished] polish by rubbing. noun the shine on a polished surface. Derivatives burnisher noun Origin ME: from OFr. burniss , burnir, var. of brunir make brown , from brun brown …

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  • 10Indo-Aryan languages — or Indic languages Major subgroup of the Indo Iranian branch of the Indo European language family. Indo Aryan languages are spoken by more than 800 million people, principally in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The Old Indo… …

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