refurbish

re·fur·bish

 (rē-fûr′bĭsh)

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·fur′bish·ment n.

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refurbish

(riːˈfɜːbɪʃ)

vb

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

reˈfurbishing, reˈfurbishment n

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re•fur•bish

(riˈfɜr bɪʃ)

v.t.

to furbish again; renovate; brighten.

[1605–15]

re•fur′bish•ment, 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.

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refurbish

Past participle: refurbished
Gerund: refurbishing

Imperative

refurbish

refurbish

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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.

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refurbish

verb

To make new or as if new again:

furbish, recondition, re-create, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, restore, revamp.

Idiom: give a new look to.

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Translations

reconduire

rinnovare

refurbish

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

refurbish

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

refurbish

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

refurbish

[ˌriːˈfɜːbɪʃ] vt (frm) → rimettere a nuovo

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