Verb

• S: (v) refurbish, renovate, freshen up (make brighter and prettier) "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• 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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• 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))
• sentence frame
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) refurbishment [Related to: refurbish] (the state of being restored to its former good condition) "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"
• W: (n) renovation [Related to: renovate] (the state of being restored to its former good condition) "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"
• derivationally related form
• Overview
• synset
• S: (n) renovation, restoration, refurbishment (the state of being restored to its former good condition) "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"
• W: (n) renovation [Related to: renovate] (the act of improving by renewing and restoring) "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property"; "a major overhaul of the healthcare system was proposed"
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s something
• [Applies to renovate] Somebody ----s