шліфувати

Probably borrowed from Polish szlifować, from Middle High German slīfen.^[1] By surface analysis, шліф (šlif) +‎ -ува́ти (-uváty). Compare Russian шлифова́ть (šlifovátʹ), Belarusian шліфава́ць (šlifavácʹ), German schleifen.

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шліфува́ти • (šlifuváty) impf (perfective пошліфува́ти) (transitive)

1. to grind (to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface)
2. to sand (to abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it)
3. to burnish, to polish (to make bright, shiny, and smooth by rubbing)

   Synonym: полірува́ти impf (poliruváty)

4. (figuratively) to polish (to refine; remove imperfections from)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1980), “шліфувати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 11 (Х – Ь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 490
• “шліфувати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “шліфувати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “шліфувати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “шліфувати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “шліфувати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)