furbish
Make bright again
Furbish means to polish, clean, or restore something to good condition.
The word is old-fashioned and appears mainly in the phrase furbish up, meaning to renovate or spruce up something that has fallen into disrepair: They furbished up the old cottage before putting it on the market.
Refurbish, which adds the sense of doing it again, has largely replaced it.
Polish by rubbing
- buffAvid fan; also burnish
- shineEmit or reflect light
- glossShine or annotation
- lusterSoft reflected light
sheen · gleam · wax · smooth · brighten · sparkle · shimmer · radiance
Restore to good condition
- rehabilitateReturn to good condition
- repairRestore to working order
- mendRestore after damage
- fixRepair or solution
salvage · rebuild · reconstruct · renew · revive · resurrect · reinstate · recover
burnish
Polish by rubbing
luster · sheen · gleam · wax · smooth · brighten · sparkle · shimmer · radiance · glossy
recondition
Restore to good condition
- rehabilitateReturn to good condition
- repairRestore to working order
- mendRestore after damage
fix · salvage · rebuild · reconstruct · renew · revive · resurrect · reinstate · recover · redeem
rejuvenate
Restore youthful vigor
- revitalizeRestore strength and vitality
- freshenTo restore liveliness
- reinvigorateRestore vitality to
enliven · brighten · spruce up · tidy · smarten · groom · primp · preen · neaten · clean up
remodel
Reconstruct or redesign
redevelop · redesign · retrofit · transform · repurpose · reconfigure · restructure · rework · makeover · facelift
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