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Meaning of polished

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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