Definitions

refurbish

[ree-fur-bish] / riˈfɜr bɪʃ /

VERB

spruce up

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fix up modernize overhaul recondition redo refit rehabilitate remodel renovate repair restore revamp update

STRONG

mend refresh rejuvenate renew retread spruce

WEAK

clean up do up gussy up reequip rehab set to rights

Antonyms

STRONGEST

antique break damage destroy hurt ruin

STRONG

kill

Example Sentences

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The only sliver of hope to protect the city is an engineering moonshot: Refurbish the marshlands of southern Louisiana.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2015

Refurbish, rē-fur′bish, v.t. to furbish again: to polish.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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