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
• 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"
• 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
• W: (v) renovate (make brighter and prettier) "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
• W: (v) renovate (restore to a previous or better condition) "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"
• Overview
• synset
• 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"
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