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Present participle for to make smooth, glossy or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding
“We must cut off the zips, buttons and collars to leave the material smooth enough to be used as a rag to polish cars.”
Present participle for to improve or refine a work or skill
“With focus, determination, and regular practice, a speaker can definitely polish his skills of communication and become an excellent orator.”
Present participle for to add the finishing touches to
“He never returned to Amiens, but he had leisure enough to polish off his masterpiece and send copies of it round to all the houses.”
Present participle for to change or revise something written to improve it
“The piece is indicative of a writer who is pressed for time and has to write as he thinks in reporting an event with no time to polish his article.”
Present participle for to practice a skill to improve one's command of it
“The acts will be able to polish their routines on mats and screens which provide dancers with steps to follow while playing a particular song.”
Present participle for to pat lightly and quickly to clean or wipe away
Present participle for to make slight corrections or adjustments to
Present participle for to think about in a new way, or to reconsider something
Present participle for to clean and service (a car), as a valet does
Present participle for to make more beautiful or attractive by adorning or decorating
(archaic) Present participle for to render accomplished
Present participle for to cause to become sharp or sharper
Present participle for to make clean
An improvement or enhancement of something by making changes
The process of making a revision or correction to a text
Corrosive, tending to eat away at a substance
Tending to refine, or in the process of being refined
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