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Dictionary: re·fur·bish   (rē-fûr'bĭsh) pronunciation
tr.v., -bished, -bish·ing, -bish·es.
To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate.

refurbishment re·fur'bish·ment n.

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verb

    To make new or as if new again: furbish, recondition, re-create, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, restore, revamp. Idioms: give a new look to. See help/harm/harmless, new/old.

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v

Definition: spruce up
Antonyms: destroy, ruin


Architecture: refurbish
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To make fresh again without demolition and replacement of the original building; i.e., to renovate.


Translations: Refurbish
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - friske op, shine op, restaurere

Nederlands (Dutch)
opknappen, renoveren

Français (French)
v. tr. - rénover

Deutsch (German)
v. - renovieren, aufpolieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανακαινίζω, φρεσκάρω, ξαναγυαλίζω

Italiano (Italian)
rinnovare, rinfrescare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - renovar, reformar, polir

Русский (Russian)
подремонтировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - restaurar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - putsa upp, renovera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
再磨光, 刷新

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 再磨光, 刷新

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 다시 닦다, 일신하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 再びみがく, 一新する, 改装する, 磨き直す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصقل يجدد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צחצח, ליטש‬


 
 
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