The word 'polishing' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing it with a cloth or brush. For example, "I spent the morning polishing my car."
In India, home to the largest diamond cutting and polishing industry in the world, at least 100,000 diamond polishers are out of work.
He could make wry jokes and become expansive after hours in the bar, but he wrote with dedicated seriousness, weighing and polishing every phrase.
Developing tourism infrastructure is all the more important as the commercial capital, Almaty, is polishing a bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
He held his nerve, telling the press he would spend his evenings polishing his 2012 manager of the year trophy until things improved.
This wide-ranging course will help you develop the content of your script, polishing the plotting, dialogue and dynamics.
Perhaps Boris sits at home polishing his Alexander McQueen loafers, while cultivating scruffy bonhomie in public".
Warwickshire have completed their first Championship victory of the season, by 98 runs after polishing off the seven remaining Nottinghamshire wickets for 75 today, in less than 20 overs.
Excited... Still polishing.
Now Mosul beckons.In this section Too soon to celebrate Creeping toward Damascus Mosul beckons An oily mess Please don't expect miracles Polishing the city of gold Could things get worse?
IN HIS first party conference speech after winning power in 1997, Tony Blair gave an example of the kind of voter that New Labour had had to win over: he was a middle-class man Mr Blair had encountered, polishing his Ford Sierra.
Lady arachnids have a well-deserved reputation for polishing off their suitors, post copula, in a manner that Hannibal Lecter might have admired.
