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FURBISH UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
Example:
Repair my shoes please
Synonyms:
bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "furbish up" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "furbish up"):
fiddle; tinker (try to fix or mend)
fill (plug with a substance)
patch; piece (repair by adding pieces)
cobble (repair or mend)
point; repoint (repair the joints of bricks)
trouble-shoot; troubleshoot (solve problems)
patch; patch up (mend by putting a patch on)
resole; sole (put a new sole on)
revamp; vamp (provide (a shoe) with a new vamp)
heel; reheel (put a new heel on)
darn (repair by sewing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
