polishing

Meaning of polishing

verb
  1. To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
    He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
  2. To refine; remove imperfections from.
    The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
  3. To apply shoe polish to shoes.
  4. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
    Steel polishes well.
  5. To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
noun
  1. The action of the verb to polish.
  2. (usually in the plural) An extract of partially milled rice.
adjective
  1. That makes shiny or smooth.
  2. That refines.

Information about polishing

  • The plural form of polishing is: polishings.
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Hyphenation of polishing

pol-ish-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • polishing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

polishing synonyms

Meaning shining:

shining

Meaning :

hone, perfect, refine, bone, buff, burnish, furbish, shine, smooth, wax

Words that rhyme with polishing

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