polishes
Rubs to gleam
Polishes is the verb form meaning to make something smooth and shiny by rubbing, or to refine and improve: She polishes the silver every month, He polishes his speech before the presentation.
As a noun, polishes are substances used for this purpose: The store sells various furniture polishes.
Sharpens or refines
- perfectsMakes without fault
- smoothsEliminates roughness or wrinkles
- finishesBrings to an end
- improvesGets better gradually
enhances · fine-tunes · touches up · completes · revises · edits · crafts · develops
hones
Sharpens or refines
improves · enhances · fine-tunes · touches up · completes · revises · edits · crafts · develops · sharpens
shines
Emits or reflects radiance
luster · sheen · gleam · sparkle · glow · radiance · shimmer · glimmer · brighten · mirrorlike
buffs
Keen hobbyist followers
laps · burnishes · abrasive · sandpaper · grit · emery · coarse · fine · compound · rouge
- chemicalschemicals, compounds, acids, reagents, solutions
- embellishesadorns, beautifies, decorates, ornaments, garnishes
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
- Waxbeeswax, paraffin wax, candle wax, soy wax, microcrystalline wax
- nail polishCosmetic finger coating
- Polish sausageSmoked meat link from Warsaw's homeland
- polished offFinished completely, rapidly
- gel polishUV-cured nail lacquer
- shoe polishWaxy leather coating
- polishes offFinishes entirely, quickly
polish, polished, polishing, unpolished, polisher, polishers, repolish, repolished, repolishing