Meaning of "polish"

polish •

v.
• • 1. to make smooth and shiny: magpakintab, pakintabin, magbuli, bulihin
  • 2. to polish the floor with coconut husk: magbunot, bunutin
  • 3. to become smooth and shiny, take on polish: kumintab, mabuli
  • 4. to make elegant or refined (in manner): pinuhan

n.
• • 1. polished condition: kintab, kakintaban
  • 2. a substance used to give smoothness or shine: pakintab, pampakintab, sebo, biton
  • 3. refinement (in manners): kagandahang-asal

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marble

n.
• • 1. a hard substance, white or colored, that will take a beautiful polish: marmol
  • 2. a small ball of marble, clay, glass, etc., used in games of the same name: holen, holin, diyolin
  • 3. any game played with marbles: holen, holin, diyolin

adj.
• • made of marble: marmol, yari sa marmol, marmolisado

rude

adj.
• • 1. impolite, not courteous: bastos, bastos, walang galang
  • 2. coarse, rough, without finish or polish: magaspang, hindi pino
  • 3. violent: marahas

shine

v.
• • 1. to send out light: sumikat
  • 2. to reflect light: kuminang, manginang, kumislap, mangislap
  • 3. to make bright or light, polish: magpakintab, pakintabin, magpakinang, pakinangin, maglinis, linisin
  • 4. to be bright, glow: magningning, magliwanag

n.
• • 1. light, brightness: liwanag
  • 2. luster, polish: kinang, kintab

husk

n.
• • 1. the dry outer covering of certain seeds or fruits: upak, talupak
  • 2. coconut husk: bunot

v.
• • 1. to remove the husk: mag-upak, upakan, magtalupak, talupakan, magtalop, talupan
  • 2. to husk coconuts: mag-alis (alisan) ng bunot, talupan, bunutan
  • 3. to polish a floor with a coconut husk: magbunot ng sahig, bunutin ang sahig

sandpaper

n.
• • a strong paper with a layer of sand glued on it: papel de liha, liha

v.
• • to smooth, clean, or polish with this: magliha, lihain