| slovo | definícia |
polished
(encz) | polished,leštěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
polished
(encz) | polished,uhlazený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
polished
(encz) | polished,vyleštěný adj: Ritchie |
Polished
(gcide) | Polished \Pol"ished\, a.
Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly
finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished
manners; polished verse.
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Polished
(gcide) | Polish \Pol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr. & vb.
n. Polishing.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf. Polite, -ish]
1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to
burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass,
marble, metals, etc.
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2. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or
rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish
life or manners. --Milton.
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To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary.
[Slang] --W. H. Russell.
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polished
(wn) | polished
adj 1: perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose";
"in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly
polished silver" [ant: unpolished]
2: 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" [syn: polished,
refined, svelte, urbane]
3: (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers
removed; "polished rice" [syn: milled, polished]
4: (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth [syn: dressed,
polished] |
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polished rice
(encz) | polished rice, n: |
polishedness
(encz) | polishedness,vyleštěnost n: Rostislav Svoboda |
unpolished
(encz) | unpolished, |
Polished
(gcide) | Polished \Pol"ished\, a.
Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly
finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished
manners; polished verse.
[1913 Webster]Polish \Pol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr. & vb.
n. Polishing.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf. Polite, -ish]
1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to
burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass,
marble, metals, etc.
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2. Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or
rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish
life or manners. --Milton.
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To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary.
[Slang] --W. H. Russell.
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Polishedness
(gcide) | Polishedness \Pol"ished*ness\, n.
The quality of being polished.
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Unpolished
(gcide) | Unpolished \Unpolished\
See polished. |
polished rice
(wn) | polished rice
n 1: having husk or outer brown layers removed [syn: {white
rice}, polished rice] |
unpolished
(wn) | unpolished
adj 1: not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by
polishing; "dull unpolished shoes" [ant: polished]
2: lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the
conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners
always made me feel gauche" [syn: gauche, graceless,
unpolished] |
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