All renew synonyms
reΒ·new
R r verb renew
- fill up β a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire: to eat one's fill.
- furbish β to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- get better β recover
- gussy up β to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually followed by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
- clean up β If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- dittoed β the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: β³. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.
- fortify β to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- deck out β If a person or thing is decked out with or in something, they are decorated with it or wearing it, usually for a special occasion.
- heal β to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- key up β a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- dinning β a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- carry over β If something carries over or is carried over from one situation to another, it continues to exist or apply in the new situation.
- invigorate β to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- bestirred β to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- flash on β a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- bring to β If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- innovate β to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- double-check β a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
- mend β to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- continue β If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- ingeminate β to repeat; reiterate.
- make for β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make a comeback β popular again
- come to life β If something or someone comes to life, they become active.
- clean up one's act β to start to behave in a responsible manner
- facelift β Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- modernize β to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
- bring to mind β recall
- hold over β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- gentrified β very or excessively refined or elegant.
- make over β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- be-thought β simple past tense and past participle of bethink.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- come around β If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- kick off β the act of kicking; a blow or thrust with the foot or feet.
- counterattacking β Present participle of counterattack.
- enliven β Make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing.
- denaturing β Present participle of denature.
- gentrify β to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- get well β conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness: a get-well card.
- go with β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- fire up β start ignition of
- make like β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make amends β reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- brace up β to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
- denature β to change the nature of
- gussied up β dressed in a showy way