RENOVATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does renovate mean? 

• RENOVATE (verb)
  The verb RENOVATE has 3 senses:

1. restore to a previous or better condition

2. make brighter and prettier

3. give new life or energy to

  Familiarity information: RENOVATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RENOVATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they renovate    ... he / she / it renovates   
Past simple: renovated   
Past participle: renovated   
-ing form: renovating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Restore to a previous or better condition

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

renovate; restitute

Context example:

They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

renovation (the act of improving by renewing and restoring)

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

renovator (a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture)

Sense 2

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 "renovate" 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 "renovate"):

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

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

renovation (the act of improving by renewing and restoring)

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Give new life or energy to

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

animate; quicken; reanimate; recreate; renovate; repair; revive; revivify; vivify

Context example:

This treatment repaired my health

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

arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic)

Verb group:

come to; resuscitate; revive (return to consciousness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

You can renovate your kitchen or paint your bedroom a soothing shade of blue.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Autophagy is essentially how the brain breaks down cellular waste to elementary pieces, which are then recycled and used to construct and renovate brain cells.

(New Mechanisms Found of Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We have already reached a very high latitude; but it is the height of summer, and although not so warm as in England, the southern gales, which blow us speedily towards those shores which I so ardently desire to attain, breathe a degree of renovating warmth which I had not expected.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

If you like the way your home looks and don’t want to move or renovate, you might instead focus on one of your parents during Mars’ visit (January 3 until February 16).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You might be ready to renovate or order repairs on your home shortly after the eclipse.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This would be an ideal time to lease a new apartment, to buy or sell property, or to renovate or decorate.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You might be moving, renovating or decorating your home, or having new furniture delivered, as a few examples of many possibilities.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Perhaps you are moving into a new space and are renovating it before you move in.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

During the first half of February, if you have plans to move, renovate, or do a thorough cleaning or repair project, you will do best to act on your project in early February.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

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)