polishing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: polishing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for polishing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
polishing n 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" Synonym(s): shining, polishing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polish \Pol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Polishing}.] [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polishing \Pol"ishing\, 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.