VERB [usually passive]使(地区)适合富人居住;使(地区)贵族化 When a street or area is gentrified, it becomes a more expensive place to live because wealthy people move into the area and buy the houses where people with less money used to live. 使(地区)适合富人居住;使(地区)贵族化
The local neighbourhood, like so many areas of Manhattan, is gradually being gentrified. [beVERB-ed]