REFURBISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does refurbish mean? 

• REFURBISH (verb)
  The verb REFURBISH has 1 sense:

1. make brighter and prettier

  Familiarity information: REFURBISH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFURBISH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they refurbish    ... he / she / it refurbishes   
Past simple: refurbished   
Past participle: refurbished   
-ing form: refurbishing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make brighter and prettier

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

freshen up; refurbish; renovate

Context example:

My wife wants us to renovate

Hypernyms (to "refurbish" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "refurbish"):

gentrify (renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

refurbishment (the state of being restored to its former good condition)

 Context examples 

If you have to move or make repairs, renovate or refurbish, or declutter or buy new furniture, this beautiful new moon will help you find what you need and love.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)