POLISHED


Meaning of POLISHED in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

polished

I didn't want to spill anything on the polished surface of the table.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

highly

He levers his feet into a pair of highly polished black calf Oxfords.

A highly polished effort, the graphics are nothing short of amazing.

Well-dressed suckers were pouring out of the upstairs theatre, barrelling down the rickety spiral staircase, skidding on the highly polished floor.

However, what caught my eye most was a highly polished harmonium.

With his highly polished boots and gaiters, corduroy trousers and tweed jacket, he looked the epitome of authority.

The phone slipped from Lucenzo's fingers to the highly polished desk with a clatter.

His is not just a lovingly maintained and highly polished old car.

■ NOUN

floor

As Nicholson headed towards it his shoes beat out a tattoo on the polished floor .

Gaggia machines burbled on marble bars, new secretaries clicked across polished floors , uniformed valets twirled glass doors.

Well-dressed suckers were pouring out of the upstairs theatre, barrelling down the rickety spiral staircase, skidding on the highly polished floor .

They may not feel easy at moving fast on a polished floor .

It was big, square room with a polished floor and a high ceiling.

Jessica was standing on the polished floor , beside the polished table, in the elegant and lovely room.

The next task is to give the house a thorough spring-clean, paying particular attention to curtains, carpets and polished floors .

Remembering the visit to the cotton mill, on the other hand, I can see myself watching from the polished floor .

mahogany

A polished mahogany table, big enough to seat twenty people, ran down the middle of it.

His new passenger carriages were also impressive, with polished mahogany bodies.

Did he take Policemen and Bishops Inspector Spruce placed his notebook on the polished mahogany table and waited.

She ran to the polished mahogany bureau, opened the lid and threw the choker on to a pile of papers.

An ordinary pack; a Tarot pack; she spread them out on the polished mahogany .

Alfred Oliver finally crumbles in a heap behind his polished mahogany counter.

surface

Huy looked at the black polished surface of the table behind which Kenamun stood.

Horizontal sections of enormous redwoods were frequently displayed with single rings identified on the polished surface .

The embalmers may well have been attracted by the waxed and polished surface of the monthly Playmates.

He went across and stood there beside the saddle, smoothing his hand over its finely polished surfaces .

His gaze remained fixed on the polished surface of the table, which dimly reflected the glooms and gleams of the room.

Etching such a polished surface gives a relief which is more subtly fabric selective than etches controlled by an imperfect surface.

These lay down the marvellously patterned and polished surface characteristic of cowries.

Sample preparation Single crystal samples with polished surfaces give the best results.

table

Anyway, Irene always complained about the way lupins shed their petals all over the polished table .

When she emerged, the wall-lights had been dimmed and the polished table by the french windows had been set for two.

A polished table was in one corner, with dining chairs askew round it.

A long polished table stood in the centre, holding an assortment of bottles, and a tray of glasses.

Jessica was standing on the polished floor, beside the polished table , in the elegant and lovely room.

A long, polished table stood in the centre of the room.

It ran in a red river across the polished table top and cascaded on to her peacock-blue cashmere skirt.

A highly polished table under a mirror, perhaps a bowl of flowers beside it reflecting in the table.

wood

The place was fitted out in dark, polished wood in the style of the twenties.

There was a large table in the centre of the room, made of dark polished wood .

It is in walnut polished wood , bow fronted with bow legs.

The floor was of plain polished wood with islands of Bokhara carpets.

Traditional with polished wood furniture and fine accessories to create a feeling of opulence.

Rosie at once scrambled to her feet, the marbles she had in her lap dropping and clattering over the polished wood floors.

A couple of very good oriental rugs were pools of subdued colour on the polished wood floor.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

polished manners

a polished and handsome lawyer

a polished granite counter

a polished oak floor

All their furniture was made of dark red polished wood.

Guillem is a polished ballerina.

Her nails were beautifully shaped and polished .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A woman is more likely to be put off by a polished performer, if that is all he has to offer.

For many teachers therefore written language is equated with literary language, with the polished performance of narrative, drama or poetry.

He levers his feet into a pair of highly polished black calf Oxfords.

His paper-weight and doorstop were of ground and polished foin-stone.

Horizontal sections of enormous redwoods were frequently displayed with single rings identified on the polished surface.

On one edge of the table a cigarette had burned a nice little groove in the polished oak.

The décor was all polished glass tiles and gleaming brass.

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