Verb

• S: (v) refurbish, renovate, freshen up (make brighter and prettier) "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
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• S: (v) gentrify (renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations) "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town"
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• derivationally related form
• W: (n) gentrification [Related to: gentrify] (the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents))
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) gentrify (renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations) "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town"
• derivationally related form
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• S: (v) gentrify (renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations) "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town"
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• synset
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• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) regenerate, renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new) "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"
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