0 present participle of renovate
1 to repair and improve something, especially a building:
Buying, renovating or building a house is a priority for those who are mobile, as they replace thatched or wooden huts.
All of them were equipped with more up-to-date and efficient technology, either installing it in new factories or renovating existing ones.
Reminiscence : renovating the bridge between theory and therapy.
Beyond a certain point, renovating is not viable (there are too many steps to be taken) and demolition is in order.
Compared with the longhouses - or to the cost of renovating longhouse ruins - the kits provide better insulated, drier, cleaner, brighter, and more spacious homes, legitimately offering improved living conditions.
At other shops people were busy renovating.
They observed that proprietors of bars and caf's catered to patrons' e hedonistic mood by renovating their establishments with partitions and neon lighting, while waitresses developed more 'coquettish' behaviour.
Some people may think that in terms of renovating or upgrading, one is concerned with simple cosmetic matters.
