Usually means: Improving appearance through smoothing surfaces.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. polishing: Merriam-Webster
  2. polishing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. polishing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Polishing, polishing: Wordnik
  5. polishing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. polishing: Wiktionary
  7. Polishing, polishing: Dictionary.com
  8. polishing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Polishing (metalworking), Polishing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Polishing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. polishing: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. polishing: Rhymezone
  13. Polishing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. polishing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. polishing: FreeDictionary.org
  16. polishing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Polishing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. polishing: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polishing: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. polishing: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polishing: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polishing: Urban Dictionary

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Polishing: A to Z of Terms related to the Thermal Spray Process and Surface Engineering
  4. Illustrated Glass Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Oil Analysis (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polishing)

noun:  The action of the verb to polish.
noun:  (usually in the plural) An extract of partially milled rice.
adjective:  That makes shiny or smooth.
adjective:  That refines.

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