polishes

Meaning of polishes

verb, 3rd person present
  1. make the surface of (something) smooth and shiny by rubbing it.
    behind the bar the steward polished glasses busily

Middle English: from Old French poliss-, lengthened stem of polir ‘to polish’, from Latin polire .

Information about polishes

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of polishes

pol-ishes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • polishes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

polishes synonyms

Meaning make (an object made of leather, metal, or wood) bright by rubbing it; polish:

shine

Meaning cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it:

wax

Meaning polish (something):

buff

Meaning apply a glossy substance to:

gloss

Meaning polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing:

burnish

Meaning make or become more light:

brighten

Meaning give (something) a flat, regular surface or appearance:

smooth

Meaning apply varnish to:

varnish

Meaning lubricate, coat, or impregnate with oil:

oil

Meaning fit panes of glass into (a window or door frame or similar structure):

glaze

Meaning coat with lacquer:

lacquer

Meaning coat or decorate (a metallic or hard object) with enamel:

enamel

Meaning cover (something) with a hard black varnish:

japan

Meaning varnish (something) with shellac:

shellac

Meaning give a fresh look to (something old or shabby); renovate:

furbish

Anagrams of polishes

slipshoe

Words that rhyme with polishes

shes, Ashes, Chumashes, Chuvashes, Siwashes, abashes, abrashes, ashes, backlashes, backslashes, backsplashes, backwashes, badmashes, bagwashes, balderdashes, bardashes, bashes, bedashes, berdashes, blackwashes, blashes, brainwashes, brashes, budmashes, burdashes, calabashes, calashes, calipashes, camashes, carwashes, cashes, chuvashes, clashes, colourwashes, cornbrashes, crashes, dashes, deashes, dobhashes, downwashes, earbashes, eggwashes, emdashes, encashes, endashes, eyelashes, eyewashes, fashes, flashes, flatwashes

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