"refinish" meaning in English

See refinish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /riːˈfɪnɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-refinish.ogg [US] Forms: refinish [canonical], refinishes [third-person, singular], refinished [past], refinished [past, participle], refinishing [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + finish Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|finish}} re- + finish Head templates: {{verb|refinish|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When someone refinishes something, they finish it again, sometimes by putting paint on it.
    Sense id: simple-refinish-en-verb-gZthKDxy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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