noun
Meaning 1
A refurbishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- My bedroom needs a refurbish.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
refurbish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/
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General-American: /ɹiˈfɝbɪʃ/
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verb
Meaning 2
To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- We're having the sitting room refurbished, after a leak damaged a large part of the room.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
make brighter and prettier
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we refurbished the guest wing
- My wife wants us to renovate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: renovate, freshen up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: regenerate, renew
Narrower terms: gentrify
History
Etymology
1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: جَدَّدَ (jaddada) — rebuild or replenish
- Arabic: صقل — rebuild or replenish
- Bulgarian: подновявам (podnovjavam) — rebuild or replenish
- Chinese Mandarin: 翻新 (fānxīn) — rebuild or replenish
- Chinese Mandarin: 刷新 (shuāxīn) — rebuild or replenish
- Dutch: opkalefateren — rebuild or replenish
- Dutch: renoveren — rebuild or replenish
- Dutch: opknappen — rebuild or replenish
- Finnish: kunnostaa — rebuild or replenish
- Finnish: remontoida — rebuild or replenish
- French: renouveler — rebuild or replenish
- French: restaurer — rebuild or replenish
- Galician: renovar — rebuild or replenish
- Galician: rehabilitar — rebuild or replenish
- German: wiederaufarbeiten — rebuild or replenish
- German: restaurieren — rebuild or replenish
- German: generalüberholen — rebuild or replenish
- German: wieder instand setzen — rebuild or replenish
- German: alle Mangel beseitigen — rebuild or replenish
- Greek: ανακαινίζω (anakainízo) — rebuild or replenish
- Hebrew: חִדֵּשׁ — rebuild or replenish
- Hungarian: felújít — rebuild or replenish
- Italian: rinnovare — rebuild or replenish
- Italian: ammodernare — rebuild or replenish
- Japanese: 改装する (kaisō suru) — rebuild or replenish
- Latin: interpolō — rebuild or replenish
- Norwegian Bokmål: pusse opp — rebuild or replenish
- Norwegian Nynorsk: pusse opp — rebuild or replenish
- Polish: odświeżać — rebuild or replenish
- Polish: odnawiać — rebuild or replenish
- Portuguese: restaurar — rebuild or replenish
- Russian: восстана́вливать (vosstanávlivatʹ) — rebuild or replenish
- Russian: обновля́ть (obnovljátʹ) — rebuild or replenish
- Slovene: obnoviti — rebuild or replenish
- Spanish: restaurar — rebuild or replenish
- Spanish: reacondicionar — rebuild or replenish
- Spanish: renovar — rebuild or replenish
- Spanish: rehabilitar — rebuild or replenish
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