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POLISHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it
Example:
every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing
Synonyms:
polishing; shining
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("polishing" is a kind of...):
work (activity directed toward making or doing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polishing"):
shoeshine (the act of shining shoes)
Derivation:
polish (make (a surface) shine)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb polish
