"furbish" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: furbishes [present, singular, third-person], furbishing [participle, present], furbished [participle, past], furbished [past]
Etymology: From Middle English furbisshen, from Old French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|furbisshen}} Middle English furbisshen, {{m|fro||furbiss-}} furbiss-, {{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 incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'To renovate or recondition': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: refurbish

Inflected forms

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