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Refurbish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To furbish anew.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To furbish anew; polish up.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make brighter and prettier

Word Usage

"It was reported today that the Bush administration has decided to move forward with their plans to 'refurbish' the existing nuclear arsenal, designating the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California over the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico for the project if it happens to get the funding from the, so-far, reluctant Congress."

Verb Form

refurbished refurbishes refurbishing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

regenerate renew

Hyponym

gentrify

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

furbish

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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