a floor 'polisher' [=a piece of equipment that is used to make a floor smooth and shiny]
The stone 'takes a high polish'. [=the stone can become very shiny when it is polished]
They 'polished up' [=practiced singing/playing] some old songs for the performance.
(..) You might be dead soon. - Why do you say that? - Because you're old. Thirty-five is not old. You've been sniffing too much of that nail polish. And, anyway, nothing is going to happen to me. You know why? Because I take my medicine every day. Grandma, (..)2009 The Lovely Bones