(pol′ish) noun
1. Smoothness or glossiness of surface; finish.
2. A substance used to produce a bright, smooth, or glossy surface; a varnish.
3. Refinement of manner or style.
4. The process of polishing.
—v.t.
1. To make smooth or lustrous, as by rubbing.
2. To make complete; finish; perfect.
3. To free from crudeness; make refined or elegant: to polish the mind.
—v.i.
4. To take a gloss; shine.
5. To become elegant or refined.
—to polish off
1. To do or finish completely or quickly.
2. To dispose of; overwhelm.
—to polish up To make better; improve. [<OF poliss-, stem of polir <L polire make smooth]
—pol′ish·er noun

(pō′lish) adjective
Pertaining to Poland, its inhabitants, or their language.
—noun The West Slavic language of the Poles.