0 to change a place from being a poor area to a richer one, by people of a higher social class moving to live there:
Socialists as well as others—have bought houses in those limited gentrified areas.
They wanted them to become gentrified and to be country landowners with leisure time.
An area may go down hill or it may become gentrified (to use a ghastly word).
Their sons were gentrified, went into the professions and ignored industry.
They have pointed out that some of the traditional lorry drivers' cafés have changed their character and become what has been called "gentrified".
What about somebody who lives in a small house in a rundown area that has suddenly become gentrified?
It says that gentrification takes homes from people who badly need them and provides a contrast between the gentrified and people who are living in poverty.
As the neighbourhood has gentrified, it has gained citywide, and even international, visibility and support.
