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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.
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
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| Verb | 1. | refurbish - make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to 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
verbTo make new or as if new again:
Idiom: give a new look to.
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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
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refurbish
vt image etc → aufarbeiten, aufpolieren; furniture, house → renovieren
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