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polishing |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb polish 2 of 4 senses of polish Sense 1 polish, smooth, smoothen, shine => Simonize => slick, sleek => buff, burnish, furbish, flush Sense 2 polish, refine, fine-tune, down => educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb polish 2 of 4 senses of polish Sense 1 polish, smooth, smoothen, shine => Simonize => slick, sleek => buff, burnish, furbish, flush Sense 2 polish, refine, fine-tune, down => educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise => sophisticate Entailment of verb polish 2 of 4 senses of polish Sense 1 polish, smooth, smoothen, shine => rub Sense 3 gloss, polish => rub Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb polish 4 senses of polish Sense 1 polish, smooth, smoothen, shine => beautify, embellish, prettify Sense 2 polish, refine, fine-tune, down => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate Sense 3 gloss, polish => decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify Sense 4 polish, round, round off polish up brush up => perfect, hone Familiarity of verb polish polish used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb polish Sense 1 polish, smooth, smoothen, shine => beautify, embellish, prettify -------------- Sense 2 polish, refine, fine-tune, down => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate -------------- Sense 3 gloss, polish => decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify -------------- Sense 4 polish, round, round off polish up brush up => perfect, hone -------------- Grep of noun polishing polishing Overview of noun polishing The noun polishing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. shining, polishing -- (the work of making something shine by polishing it "the shining of shoes provided a meager living") Overview of verb polish The verb polish has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) polish, smooth, smoothen, shine -- ((of surfaces) make 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. gloss, polish -- (make shiny) 4. polish, round, round off polish up brush up -- (bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners") Overview of noun polishing The noun polishing has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. shining, polishing -- (the work of making something shine by polishing it "the shining of shoes provided a meager living") Overview of verb polish The verb polish has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) polish, smooth, smoothen, shine -- ((of surfaces) make 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. gloss, polish -- (make shiny) 4. polish, round, round off polish up brush up -- (bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners")
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