shining, 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
polishing
present participle of polish
polishing (plural polishings)
The action of the verb to polish.
(usually, in the plural) An extract of partially milled rice.
polishing (not comparable)
That makes shiny or smooth.
That refines.
Source: Wiktionary
Pol"ish*ing,
Definition: 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.
Pol"ish, a. Etym: [From Pole a Polander.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
– n.
Definition: The language of the Poles.
Pol"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr. & vb. n. Polishing.] Etym: [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.
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. To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] W. H. Russell.
Pol"ish, v. i.
Definition: To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well. Bacon.
Pol"ish, n.
1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster. Another prism of clearer glass and better polish. Sir I. Newton.
2. Anything used to produce a gloss.
3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners. This Roman polish and this smooth behavior. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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