[responsivevoice]refurbish[/responsivevoice] [ ree-fur-bish ]
The word of the day is ‘refurbish’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is refurbished.
It means:
1. Spruce up
2. Renovate and redecorate (something, especially a building).
3. Fix up
4. Makeover
1. It was Josie Fifer’s duty not only to tabulate and care for these relics but to refurbish them when necessary.
2. We were to meet the directors of the Hudson’s Bay Company that night, and we had come out to refurbish our scant, wild attire
3. Why revamp and refurbish the old platitudes and dole them out each succeeding year?
4. The premises have been completely refurbished in our corporate style.
5. In January 1971 Radio Sofia took steps to refurbish its old programming.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
fix up, modernize, overhaul, recondition, redo, refit, rehabilitate, remodel, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, update, mend, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, retread, spruce, clean up, do up, gussy up, reequip, rehab, set to rights, makeover, develop, redevelop, rebuild, reconstruct, redecorate, upgrade, refit, bring up to date, do up etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
antique, break, damage, destroy, hurt, ruin, kill
Quotation:
I’ve been on the board of UCLA Film and TV School, and I went to UCLA. I realized that the same movie theater that was there when I went to school, 30 years later is the same movie theater in the same condition. There was an opportunity to refurbish an existing room, and I jumped at the opportunity.
Darren Star
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