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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

polishing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That makes shiny or smooth.
  2. (not-comparable) That refines.

polishing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. (countable, form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable) verbal noun of polish: the action whereby something is polished.
    form of polish
  2. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) An extract of partially milled rice.

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Deriveds

rice polishings · polishing-tin · polishing-snake · apple-polishing · French polishing · polishing-cask · polishing-mill · polishing-slate · polishing-bed · biopolishing

polishing en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of polish
    form of polish