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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
polish \pol"ish\, v. t. imp. p. p. polished; p. pr. vb.
n. polishing. f. polir, l. polire. cf. polite, -ish
1. to make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to
burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass,
marble, metals, etc.
1913 webster
2. hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or
rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish
life or manners. --milton.
1913 webster
to polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary.
slang --w. h. russell.
1913 webster
see also:
polished polishing polite -ish to polish off
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
polishing \pol"ishing\,
a. n. from polish.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
polish polishing iron polishing slate polishing snake polishing wheel
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
polishing
n : the work of making something shine by polishing it; "the
shining of shoes provided a meager living" syn: shining
see also:
shining
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