refurb

What it means

1. informaltransitiveto refurbish

   Alan had stashed a number of them in his garage, waiting for time to refurb them.

   2008, Thomas Sherry, Shatter, Book 2 of Deep Winter, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 106

   2 more examples

   Arrangements were made for deliveries, then he found a furnishings outlet and purchased what he felt he needed to refurb the place with essentials.

   2002, Chris C. Davidson, A Time for Everything: Even Time Could Not Stand in Their Way, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 235

   The Three Cities group has done a wonderful job of restoring and refurbing the building, which once housed the run-down Swiss Excelsior Hotel

   2007, Pippa de Bruyn, “The Mother City: Cape Town & The Winelands”, in Frommer's South Africa, 5th edition, Frommer's, →ISBN, page 153

In a sentence

Arrangements were made for deliveries, then he found a furnishings outlet and purchased what he felt he needed to refurb the place with essentials.

2002, Chris C. Davidson, A Time for Everything: Even Time Could Not Stand in Their Way, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 235

Where it comes from

Clipping of refurbish.