Found 4 items, similar to polishing.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: polish semir
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: polishing gosokan, penggosokan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: polishing polishing n : the work of making something shine by polishing it; “the shining of shoes provided a meager living” [syn: shining]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Polishing 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] --W. H. Russell. [1913 Webster] Polishing \Pol"ish*ing\, a. & n. from Polish. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]