polishing
English
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Verb
polishing
- present participle and gerund of polish
Noun
polishing (countable and uncountable, plural polishings)
- verbal noun of polish: the action whereby something is polished.
- (usually in the plural) An extract of partially milled rice.
Derived terms
- apple-polishing
- biopolishing
- French polishing
- polishing-bed
- polishing-cask
- polishing-mill
- polishing-slate
- polishing-snake
- polishing-tin
- rice polishings
Adjective
polishing (not comparable)
- That makes shiny or smooth.
- That refines.