gentrify (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *gentrify*:
VERB	change	gentrify	renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations

gentrify > pronunciation
Sounds	jheh'ntrihfay.
Rhymes	acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay...

English > *gentrify*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"gentrify a row of old houses" "gentrify the old center of town"
Broader	refurbish, renovate, freshen up	make brighter and prettier
Spanish	gentrificar
Nouns	gentrification	the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)

HyperDic: gentrify