(intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
(transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
Esimerkit
A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.
The floor was waxed to a high polish.
The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk.
He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.