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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

pol·ish   (pŏl'ĭsh) Pronunciation Key
v.   pol·ished, pol·ish·ing, pol·ish·es

v.   tr.

To make smooth and shiny by rubbing or chemical action.
To remove the outer layers from (grains of rice) by rotation in drums.
To free from coarseness; refine: polish one's manners.
To remove flaws from; perfect or complete: polish one's piano technique; polish up the lyrics.

v. intr.

To become smooth or shiny by or as if by being rubbed.
To become perfect or refined.

Smoothness or shininess of surface or finish.
A substance containing chemical agents or abrasive particles and applied to smooth or shine a surface: shoe polish.
The act or process of polishing.
Elegance of style or manners; refinement.

Phrasal Verb(s):
polish off Informal
To finish or dispose of quickly and easily.

[Middle English polisshen, from Old French polir, poliss-, from Latin polīre; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

pol'ish·er n.

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

polishing
noun
the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing" [syn: shining]

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Polishing

Pol"ish*ing\, a. & n. from Polish.

Polishing iron, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries.

Polishing slate. (a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. (b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate.

Polishing snake, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones.

Polishing wheel, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface.

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