1. The work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it
   "every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing";
   - shining

1. Make (a surface) shiny
   "polish my shoes";
   - smooth, smoothen, shine
    
2. Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
   "polish your social manners";
   - round, round off, polish up, brush up
    
3. Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
   "polish one's style of writing"; "They downed the rough draft into a polished manuscript";
   - refine, fine-tune, down [informal]

Derived forms: polishings

Type of: ameliorate, amend, beautify, better, fancify, hone, improve, meliorate, mend, perfect, prettify, work

Encyclopedia: Polishing