"refurb" meaning in English

See refurb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹiːˈfɜːb/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: refurbs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b Etymology: Clipping of refurbished Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|refurbished}} Clipping of refurbished Head templates: {{en-noun}} refurb (plural refurbs)
  1. (informal) a thing that has been refurbished Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-refurb-en-noun-yNRjYknQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 42 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 32 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɹiːˈfɜːb/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: refurbs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b Etymology: Clipping of refurbishment Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|refurbishment}} Clipping of refurbishment Head templates: {{en-noun}} refurb (plural refurbs)
  1. (informal) The act of refurbishing Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-refurb-en-noun-CqWIZwUF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 42 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 32 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ɹiːˈfɜːb/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: refurbs [present, singular, third-person], refurbing [participle, present], refurbed [participle, past], refurbed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b Etymology: Clipping of refurbish Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|refurbish}} Clipping of refurbish Head templates: {{en-verb}} refurb (third-person singular simple present refurbs, present participle refurbing, simple past and past participle refurbed)
  1. (informal) to refurbish Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-refurb-en-verb-SUqcXuML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 42 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 32 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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