polish
verb (used with object)
to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction.
repolish
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a word derived from
polish.
Example Sentences
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Training didn’t only happen at the start of production because, for several reasons, the actors needed to repolish their newly learned skills throughout filming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Casting was geared to turn a prostitute into an angel, to repolish a yaking common scold, or curve hard lips into "the kindly weak smiles of a deserving claimant."
From Time Magazine Archive
Even in literature I see sad results, when authors follow too closely that principle laid down by Boileau for the elaboration of style: 'Polish and repolish it incessantly.'
From Rambles in Womanland by Max O'Rell
My attorney hath now his leave of absence from me, to anew paint the green door, and repolish the brass knocker of his country villa.
From Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
After thoroughly drying, repolish by friction, first with a few drops of oil on a soft clean rag; continue with a dry clean rag till the oil disappears.
From Intarsia and Marquetry by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
