'Polishing' definitions:

Definition of 'polishing'

From: WordNet
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, polishing]

Definition of 'Polishing'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Polishing'

From: GCIDE
  • Polishing \Pol"ish*ing\, 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]

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