Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb furbish_up
1 sense of furbish up
Sense 1
repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on -- (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please")
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate -- (to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes")