To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
To refine; remove imperfections from.
The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
To apply shoe polish to shoes.
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
Steel polishes well.
To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
The action of the verb to polish.
(usually in the plural) An extract of partially milled rice.
That makes shiny or smooth.
That refines.