to refurnish

Examples

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• After the renovation, they chose to refurnish the entire house with modern furniture.

• But she had this dream; she had to refurnish all the furniture in this one building.

  Fiction book (1997)

• You know, she loved to refurnish furniture.

  Fiction book (1997)

• You know, we should start by refurnishing this awful room.

  Wicked Stepmother (1989)

• " They sure didn't refurnish.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Uh, I was just saying that I'm staying here for a few days while my apartment's being refurnished.

  Captivity (2007)

• Poor defense contractors not being able to make the payments on their yachts or refurnish their second dream homes on the private islands that they own, on the other hand, is the real tragedy here.

  Blog text (17)

• If a house burns down, the cost maxes out at rebuilding and refurnishing.

  Blog text (14)

• It was refurnished.

  Fiction book (2000)

• She finally managed to refurnish her studio apartment to make it more comfortable.

Synonyms

R

to renovate

vsto refurnish

76 3.8

To repair and improve a building or room so it looks new again

is limited to supplying furniture instead of repair or improvement work

R

to redecorate

vsto refurnish

41 3.2

To change the inside of a room by adding new paint, wallpaper, or furniture

focuses on replacing or adding furniture rather than paint or wall finishes

R

to refurbish

vsto refurnish

31 4.6

To make something clean and like new by fixing or decorating it

supplies new or different furniture to a room or building

R

to redo

vsto refurnish

19 3.4

Change parts of a room or building to make it look new

adds or replaces furniture rather than performing structural remodeling

R

to reno

vsto refurnish

• Informal

7.5

Make a room or building better by fixing and changing it

focuses on changing furnishings rather than general building upgrades

How Furnished

to refurnish

1 4.1

to furnish

83 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology