Usually means: Restoring or polishing to perfection.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word furbishing:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. furbishing: Merriam-Webster
  2. furbishing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. furbishing: Vocabulary.com
  4. furbishing: Wordnik
  5. furbishing: Wiktionary
  6. Furbishing, furbishing: Dictionary.com
  7. Furbishing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Furbishing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. furbishing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. furbishing: FreeDictionary.org
  11. furbishing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. furbishing: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The act by which something is furbished.

Similar:
burnish, flush, buff, fettling, furling, firring, furring, furnishing, fluffing, furbelow, more...

Opposite:
defacing, ruining, damaging, destroying

Types:
upholstery, drapery, covering, curtains, blinds, more...

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Similar:
burnish, flush, buff, fettling, furling, firring, furring, furnishing, fluffing, furbelow, more...

Opposite:
defacing, ruining, damaging, destroying

Types:
upholstery, drapery, covering, curtains, blinds, more...



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