Thesaurus: polishing

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Polish
2. a. & n. from Polish.
3. n. the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it
4. 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.
5. a. & n. from Polish. Polishing iron, an iron burnisher; esp., asmall smoothing iron used in laundries.-- Polishing slate. (a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia andAuvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. (b) Akind 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.
6. n:100 n the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it v make (a surface) shine v improve or perfect by pruning or polishing v bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state