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furbishing
[fur-bish] 
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furbish
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish; renovate |
| Synonyms: | brighten, buff, burnish, clean, deck out, fix up, glaze, gloss, gussy up, improve, recondition, refurbish, rehabilitate, renew, restore, rub, shine, smarten up, spruce up |
| Main Entry: | buff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish to a shine |
| Synonyms: | brush, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, pumice, rub, sandpaper, scour, shine, smooth |
| Main Entry: | burnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish, brighten |
| Synonyms: | buff, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, patina, put on a finish, rub, sheen, shine, smooth, wax |
| Antonyms: | dull, tarnish |
| Main Entry: | decorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify, embellish |
| Synonyms: | add finishing touches, adorn, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, burnish, color, deck, do up, dress out, dress up, enhance, enrich, festoon, finish, fix up, frill, furbish, garnish, gild, grace, gussy up, idealize, illuminate, jazz up, ornament, paint, perfect, prank, renovate, spruce up, trim |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing |
| Synonyms: | adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bundle up, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, fit out, furbish, garb, ornament, outfit, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, slip into, slip on, spruce up, suit up, trim, turn out, wear |
| Antonyms: | bare, disrobe, lay bare, unclothe, undress |
| Main Entry: | file |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rub down, grind |
| Synonyms: | abrade, burnish, erode, finish, furbish, grate, level, polish, rasp, raze, refine, scrape, shape, sharpen, smooth |
| Main Entry: | glaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | varnish, lacquer |
| Synonyms: | buff, burnish, coat, cover, enamel, furbish, glance, glass, gloss, incrust, make lustrous, make vitreous, overlay, polish, rub, shine, vitrify |
| Antonyms: | strip |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shiny |
| Synonyms: | buff, burnish, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, lacquer, polish, rub, shine, varnish, veneer |
| Antonyms: | dull |
| Main Entry: | ornamental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decorative |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adorning, attractive, beautiful, beautifying, decking, decorating, delicate, dressy, elaborate, embellishing, enhancing, exquisite, fancy, festooned, florid, for show, furbishing, garnishing, heightening, luxurious, ornate, setting off, showy |
| Notes: | ornamental means serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose, while ornate means elaborately or excessively decorated or adorned |
| Antonyms: | plain, unembellished |
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