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polishing

ADJECTIVE

abrasive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abrading coarse

STRONG

grinding gritty rough scratching

WEAK

erosive scuffing sharpening smoothing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fine fine-grained

ADJECTIVE

cultural

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artistic developmental

WEAK

adorning advancing beautifying beneficial broadening civilizing constructive corrective dignifying disciplining edifying educative elevating ennobling enriching expanding glorifying helpful humane humanizing influential inspirational instructive learned liberal liberalizing nurturing ornamenting promoting raising refined refining regenerative socializing stimulating uplifting widening

ADJECTIVE

refining

Synonyms

STRONG

civilizing clarifying cleaning cultivating distillation elevating focusing honing improving perfecting purifying sharpening

Example Sentences

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The fossil jaws showed extensive chipping, scratching, cracking, and polishing, all signs of a strong biting force.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

In the chemical industry, cerium is widely used in oil refining and glass polishing -- as well as in flints for cigarette lighters.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The “To be, or not to be” monologue came across as a rhetorical set piece that Hamlet has been polishing for ages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

CMP is a critical process using chemical slurries and mechanical polishing to create perfectly flat, smooth wafer surfaces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

She shakes her head, and I see that she’s polishing a flute.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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