"furbish" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɜːbɪʃ/ [UK], /ˈfɝbɪʃ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-furbish.wav Forms: furbishes [present, singular, third-person], furbishing [participle, present], furbished [participle, past], furbished [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Frankish *furbēnbor. Old French forbirbor. Middle English furbisshen English furbish From Middle English furbisshen, from Old French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|inh|enm>furbisshen>furbish|id=polish|tree=1}} Etymology tree Frankish *furbēnbor. Old French forbirbor. Middle English furbisshen English furbish, {{inh|en|enm|furbisshen}} Middle English furbisshen, {{der|en|fro|forbir|t=to clean, polish|tr=stem <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">furbiss-</i>}} Old French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), {{der|en|frk|*furbēn|t=to clean, polish}} Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} furbish (third-person singular simple present furbishes, present participle furbishing, simple past and past participle furbished)
  1. To polish or burnish. Synonyms (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, shine, polish, buff, burnish Translations (To polish or burnish): лъскам (lǎskam) (Bulgarian), полирам (poliram) (Bulgarian), aufputzen (German), aufpolieren (German), blank polieren (German), blank wienern (German), furbisshen (Middle English)
    Sense id: en-furbish-en-verb-66cvS2ak Disambiguation of 'to make smooth and shiny by rubbing': 85 15 Disambiguation of 'To polish or burnish': 99 1
  2. To renovate or recondition. Translations (To renovate or recondition): възстановявам (vǎzstanovjavam) (Bulgarian), neu ausstatten (German), instand setzen (German), neu einrichten (German), renovieren (German)
    Sense id: en-furbish-en-verb-e3Eg2pa8 Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Middle English translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of 'To renovate or recondition': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: refurbish

Inflected forms

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