furbish

/'fə:biʃ/

Thân thiện

The maid will furbish the silver candlesticks before the dinner party.

Definition

Verb: 1. To polish, burnish, or make shiny by rubbing: To clean and brighten a surface, typically metal or wood, by friction, often to restore its appearance. 2. To renovate, refresh, or restore to good condition (often used with "up"): To improve the appearance or state of something, making it look new or like new again.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: The verb can be used metaphorically to mean refreshing or improving skills, knowledge, or appearance.
  • Before the interview, she furbished up her knowledge of the company's latest projects.
  • The author furbished an old manuscript for publication.

Variants and Related Words

• Furbisher (noun): A person or tool that furbishes.
• Refurbish (verb): To renovate and redecorate (something, especially a building). This is a more common modern synonym, especially for larger projects.

Synonyms

• Polish: To make smooth and shiny by rubbing.
• Burnish: To polish (a surface, especially metal) by rubbing.
• Buff: To polish (something, especially leather or metal).
• Renovate: To restore (something old) to a good state of repair.
• Refurbish: To renovate and redecorate.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Furbish up: This phrasal verb emphasizes the act of restoring or renovating something to a better, often like-new, condition.
  • They are planning to furbish up the old cottage before selling it.

Học thuật

Verb

1. polish and make shiny
   • buff the wooden floors
   • buff my shoes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• buff
• burnish