"polishing" meaning in English

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      "word": "apple-polishing"
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      "word": "French polishing"
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      "word": "polishing-bed"
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      "word": "polishing-cask"
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    {
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      "word": "polishing-mill"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "polishing-slate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "polishing-snake"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "polishing-tin"
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    {
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      "word": "rice polishings"
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        "The action of the verb to polish."
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        "An extract of partially milled rice."
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        "(usually in the plural) An extract of partially milled rice."
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  "word": "polishing"
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "That makes shiny or smooth."
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        "That refines."
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        "present participle and gerund of polish"
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    {
      "word": "polishing-bed"
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    {
      "word": "polishing-cask"
    },
    {
      "word": "polishing-mill"
    },
    {
      "word": "polishing-slate"
    },
    {
      "word": "polishing-snake"
    },
    {
      "word": "polishing-tin"
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    {
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        "That makes shiny or smooth."
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        "That refines."
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  "word": "polishing"
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