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polishing
Overview of noun polishing
The noun polishing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. shining, polishing -- (the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "rbry Dunday he gave his car a good polishing")
Overview of verb polish
The verb polish has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) polish, smooth, smoothen, shine -- (make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes")
2. (3) polish, refine, fine-tune, down -- (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing")
3. polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up -- (bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun polishing
1 sense of polishing
Sense 1
shining, polishing
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun polishing
1 sense of polishing
Sense 1
shining, polishing
=> shoeshine
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun polishing
1 sense of polishing
Sense 1
shining, polishing
=> work
Antonyms of noun polishing
Member Holonyms of noun polishing
Substance Holonyms of noun polishing
Part Holonyms of noun polishing
Member Meronyms of noun polishing
Substance Meronyms of noun polishing
Part Meronyms of noun polishing
Meronyms of noun polishing
Holonyms of noun polishing
Attributes of noun polishing
Derived Forms of noun polishing
1 sense of polishing
Sense 1
shining, polishing
RELATED TO>(verb) polish#1
=> polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
Domain of noun polishing
Domain Terms of noun polishing
Familiarity of noun polishing
polishing used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun polishing
1 sense of polishing
Sense 1
shining, polishing
> work
=> wash, washing, lavation
=> action
=> job
=> job
=> operation, procedure
=> service
=> shining, polishing
=> heavy lifting
=> housewifery
=> housework, housekeeping
=> ironing
=> busywork, make-work
=> logging
=> loose end, unfinished business
=> nightwork
=> paperwork
=> welfare work, social service
=> labor, labour, toil
=> subbing, substituting
=> investigation, investigating
=> care, attention, aid, tending
=> duty
=> mission, missionary work
=> spadework
=> timework
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
=> coursework
Meronyms of noun polishing
1 sense of polishing
Holonyms of noun polishing
Grep of noun polishing
polishing
Antonyms of verb polish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb polish
3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
=> perfect, hone
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb polish
2 of 3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> Simonize, Simonise
=> slick, sleek
=> buff, burnish, furbish, flush
=> gloss
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> overrefine, over-refine
=> educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb polish
3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
=> perfect, hone
'Cause To' of verb polish
Derived Forms of verb polish
3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
RELATED TO>(noun) polish#3
=> polish
RELATED TO>(noun) polish#1
=> polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
RELATED TO>(noun) polisher#1
=> buffer, polisher
RELATED TO>(noun) polishing#1
=> shining, polishing
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
RELATED TO>(noun) polish#2
=> polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish
Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
RELATED TO>(noun) polish#2
=> polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish
Domain of verb polish
Domain Terms of verb polish
Familiarity of verb polish
polish used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb polish
3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
EX: They polish the glass tubes
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb polish
3 senses of polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> groom, neaten
=> dress, groom, curry
=> dress up, window-dress
=> spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
=> polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> become, suit
Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
=> help, aid
=> regenerate, revitalize
=> enrich
=> build up, develop
=> turn around
=> help
=> upgrade
=> condition
=> emend
=> iron out, straighten out, put right
=> enhance
=> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
=> reform
=> reform
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> build
=> perfect, hone
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
=> fructify
=> raise, lift
=> advance
=> upgrade
=> educate
Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
> perfect, hone
=> optimize, optimise
=> polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb polish
Sense 1
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
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Sense 2
polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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Sense 3
polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up
=> perfect, hone
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Grep of verb polish
polish
polish off
polish up
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