refurbish

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make brighter and prettier

   we refurbished the guest wing

2. 2
   verb

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   A refurbishment.

   My bedroom needs a refurbish.

Etymology

1605, from re- + furbish, from Middle English furbishen, from Middle French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).