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Noun polishing has 1 sense
- shining, polishing - the work of making something shine by polishing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"
--1 is a kind of work
--1 has particulars: shoeshine
Verb polish has 3 senses
- polish, smooth, smoothen, shine - (of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
--1 is one way to beautify, embellish, prettify
Sample sentence:
They polish the glass tubes
- polish, refine, fine-tune, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
--2 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
--3 is one way to perfect, hone
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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