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Furbish Up

Definition: Furbish Up

Furbish Up

Verb

1. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Furbish Up

Synonyms: bushel (v), doctor (v), fix (v), mend (v), repair (v), restore (v), touch on (v). (additional references)
Antonym: break (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Furbish Up

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Improvement

Touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up; polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage; prune; repair; (restore); put in order; (arrange).

Preparation

Elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity; nurture; (aid); hatch, cook, brew; temper, anneal, smelt; barbecue; infumate; maturate. equip, arm, man; fit-out, fit up; furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge; dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up; refurbish; sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune; whet the knife, whet the sword; wind up, screw up; adjust; (fit); put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness; pack.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Furbish Up

English words defined with "furbish up": Mangonize. (references)

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Modern Translation: Furbish Up

Language Translations for "furbish up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

kohentaa (touch up). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urbishfay upay

   

Spanish

  

restaurar (bring back, refurbish, renovate, restore), renovarse (furbish, refurbish, tart up). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

renovera (recondition, refurbish, renovate), putsa upp (furbish, rub up), piffa upp (perk, titivate). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ทำใหม่ (remake, renew), ขั"จนขึ้นเงา. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yenisi gibi yapmak, parlatmak (blazon, brighten, burnish, clean, furbish, give a polish, glaze, gloss, lighten, luster, polish, rub up, satin, shine, sleek), canlandırmak (accelerate, animate, arouse, brace, bring to life, brisk, brisk up, characterize, drum up, enact, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, galvanize, ginger, ginger up, give a fresh impetus to, hearten, impersonate, innervate, inspire, inspirit, interpret, invigorate, jazz, jazz up, jog, key up, liven, liven up, pep up, perform, personalize, personate, personify, play, play the role of, portray, quicken, rake up, rally, recreate, refresh, regenerate, represent, revitalize, revive, revivify, rouse, rouse up, smarten, smarten up, spirit, spirit up, stimulate, tone up, touch up, uplift, vitalize, vivify, wake, waken). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

підновляти, переробляти (adapt, alter, change, do again, make over, readjust, recast, re-do, rehash, remake, remodel, revise, rework, transverse, turn over, work over). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Furbish Up

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-f-h-i-p-r-s-u-u"

-2 letters: brushup, furbish.

-3 letters: hubris, uprush.

-4 letters: brush, buhrs, burps, pubis, puris, rubus, shrub, sirup, usurp.

-5 letters: bris, buhr, burp, burs, bush, fibs, firs, fish, fubs, furs, hips, hubs, pfui, phis, pish, pubs, puri, purs, push, rhus, ribs, rifs, rips, rubs, rush, ship, shri, spur, surf, urbs, urus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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