refurbish
UK/ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ//ɹiˈfɝbɪʃ/
refurbish verb: to rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
Verb
refurbish (third-person singular simple present refurbishes, present participle refurbishing, simple past and past participle refurbished)
- To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
- We're having the sitting room refurbished, after a leak damaged a large part of the room.
- He also makes the point that in France, SNCF is currently refurbishing some TGVs built in 1988.2024 May 29, Peter Plisner, “Network News: Gibb plans HS2 alternative with 155mph Pendolinos”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 6
Noun
refurbish (plural refurbishes)
- A refurbishment.
- My bedroom needs a refurbish.
refurbish meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic
refurbish in Bengali
- নতুন করে সাজানো, সংস্কার করা
refurbish in Malayalam
- recondition, renovate, rehabilitate
- പുതിക്കപ്പണിയുക, നവീകരിച്ചു മോടിപിടിപ്പിക്കുക, പുതുക്കുക, പുതുമവരുത്തുക, പുതുക്കിപ്പണിയിക്കുക, നവീകരിക്കുക
refurbish in Arabic
- rebuild or replenish
- جَدَّدَ jaddada, صقل
Examples of refurbish in a sentence
- The Highways Agency plan to close J10 of the M5 to refurbish the motorway bridge.
- Make sure to give the refurbished products a real going over before they are sold.
- Track and platforms have been upgraded, but refurbished trains from Vivarail have been beset by software problems.
Synonyms of refurbish
Forms of refurbish
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | refurbishes |
| present participle | refurbishing |
| past participle | refurbished |
| past | refurbished |
| Noun | |
| plural | refurbishes |
Origin of refurbish
1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).
Words formed from refurbish
Questions about refurbish
- What does refurbish mean?
- Refurbish means to rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
- What is refurbish in Bengali?
- Refurbish in Bengali is নতুন করে সাজানো, সংস্কার করা. See Refurbish meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is refurbish?
- Refurbish can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce refurbish?
- Refurbish is pronounced /ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of refurbish?
- The past tense of refurbish is refurbished.
Words near refurbish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: refurbish (page history and authors); refurbish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refurbish (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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