Usually means: Substances used to smooth, shine surfaces.
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  1. Polishes, polishes: Merriam-Webster
  2. polishes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Polishes, polishes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Polishes, polishes: Wordnik
  5. polishes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. polishes: Wiktionary
  7. polishes: Dictionary.com
  8. polishes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Polishes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. polishes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. polishes: Legal dictionary

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  1. polishes: Encyclopedia

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  1. polishes: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Polish)

adjective:  Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.
noun:  The language spoken in Poland.
noun:  A breed of chickens with a large crest of feathers.
noun:  A substance used to polish.
noun:  Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
noun:  Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
verb:  (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
verb:  (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
verb:  (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
verb:  (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
verb:  (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
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