The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
MODERNIZE
overhaul, modernize, modernise
(verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; “You should overhaul your car engine”; “overhaul the health care system”
modernize, modernise, develop
(verb) become technologically advanced; “Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace”; “Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
modernize (third-person singular simple present modernizes, present participle modernizing, simple past and past participle modernized)
(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
(intransitive) To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways
Synonyms
• (make (something old) modern): bring/make up to date, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, upgrade
Anagrams
• demonizer
Source: Wiktionary
Mod"ern*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modernized; p. pr. & vb. n. Modernizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. moderniser.]
Definition: To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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