transitive. To rub, chafe; spec. to polish (a precious stone); to rub (a garment) with perfumes; in early use, to stroke, caress (an animal). Obsolete…

transitive. To make (metal) shining by friction; to furbish; to polish (a surface) by rubbing with a hard and smooth tool.

transitive. To make smooth (and usually glossy) by friction; (in later use also) to apply polish to or rub polish into. Also with up. Also: to…

transferred. To invest with a bright or glossy appearance; to smear or stain with some substance similar to varnish.

To invest or suffuse with a silvery hue or lustre.

To cause to shine, put a polish on; originally U.S. (inflected shined) to black (boots).

transitive. To furbish or polish.

(a) intransitive. To glow, shine, gleam, glitter, with either a reddish or golden light; also with with; †(b) transitive to cause to do this (obsolete…

transitive to invest with a silky lustre.

transitive. To put a gloss upon. In material sense: To render bright and glossy; to glaze.

transitive. To impart a pearly colour or lustre to (something); to suffuse with a pearly light or hue.

transitive. To cause to shine.

transitive. To rub or abrade so as to make a surface smooth (and often correctly shaped) to a high degree of precision, usually by the use of a…

transitive. To cast a sheen upon. rare.