(transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding. / (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from. / (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.

Actions by a politician for the purpose of publicity or to influence public opinion.

(insurance) A legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk. / Something that protects or safeguards.

(chiefly Britain, dated) A telephone kiosk where members of the public may telephone the police; a few original boxes still exist in Britain, but they do not operate. The city of Glasgow in Scotland has new police boxes, which are not booths but computerised kiosks, that connect the caller to a police CCTV control-room operator.

Civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; or an instance of this.

Made smooth or shiny by polishing. / Refined, elegant.

simple past tense and past participle of polish

(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

(figuratively) The collective body of a nation or state as politically organized. / (figuratively) The collective body of a nation or state as exercising political functions. / (archaic) A corporation.

(Britain) a short radio or television broadcast made by a political party