refurbish (redirected from refurbishing)

re·fur·bish  (r-fûrbsh)

tr.v. re·fur·bished, re·fur·bish·ing, re·fur·bish·es

To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate.

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re·furbish·ment n.

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refurbish [riːˈfɜːbɪʃ]

vb

(tr) to make neat, clean, or complete, as by renovating, re-equipping, or restoring

refurbishing , refurbishment n

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refurbish, refurnish, redecorate, renovate - Refurbish means to "clean up again," refurnish means "to provide with new furnishings," redecorate means "to add new decoration(s)," and renovate means "renew or restore to as-new condition."

See also related terms for provide.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

refurbish - make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" freshen up, renovate gentrify - renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations; "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town" regenerate, renew - reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

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refurbish

verb renovate, restore, repair, clean up, overhaul, revamp, mend, remodel, do up (informal), refit, fix up (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), spruce up, re-equip, set to rights We have spent money on refurbishing the offices.

Translations

refurbish [ˈriːˈfɜːbɪʃ] VT [+ building, paintwork] → restaurar; [+ literary work] → refundir

refurbish [riːˈfɜː^rbɪʃ] vt [+ building, room] → rénover

refurbish

vt image etc → aufarbeiten, aufpolieren; furniture, house → renovieren

refurbish [ˌriːˈfɜːbɪʃ] vt (frm) → rimettere a nuovo