REFINISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does refinish mean? 

• REFINISH (verb)
  The verb REFINISH has 1 sense:

1. give a new surface

  Familiarity information: REFINISH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFINISH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they refinish    ... he / she / it refinishes   
Past simple: refinished   
Past participle: refinished   
-ing form: refinishing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a new surface

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

refinish the dining room furniture

Hypernyms (to "refinish" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

refinisher (a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture)