furbish

tr.v., -bished, -bish·ing, -bish·es.

1. To brighten by cleaning or rubbing; polish.
2. To restore to attractive or serviceable condition; renovate.

[Middle English furbishen, from Old French fourbir, fourbiss-, from Frankish *furbjan.]

furbisher fur'bish·er n.

verb

1. To give a gleaming luster to, usually through friction: buff¹, burnish, glaze, gloss, polish, shine, sleek. See light/darkness.
2. To make new or as if new again: recondition, re-create, refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, restore, revamp. Idioms: give a new look to. See help/harm/harmless, new/old.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: polish and make shiny
  Synonyms: buff, burnish, flush

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - polere op, pudse, fikse op

Nederlands (Dutch)
oppoetsen, opknappen, inrichten

Français (French)
v. tr. - fourbir, polir, astiquer, rénover, revoir (son français)

Deutsch (German)
v. - blank reiben, polieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - στιλβώνω, γυαλίζω

Italiano (Italian)
lustrare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - restaurar, polir

Русский (Russian)
ремонтировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - bruñir, pulir, acicalar, limpiar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - polera, putsa upp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
磨光, 更新, 擦亮, 恢复

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 磨光, 更新, 擦亮, 恢復

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 닦다, 광내다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 磨く, …にみがきをかける, 研ぐ, 磨きをかける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلمع , يصقل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צחצח, הבריק, חידש‬

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