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furnish

[ fur-nish ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.

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  2. to provide or supply (often followed by with ):

    The delay furnished me with the time I needed.

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noun

  1. paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine.

furnish

/ ˈɜːɪʃ /

verb

  1. to provide (a house, room, etc) with furniture, carpets, etc
  2. to equip with what is necessary; fit out
  3. to give; supply

    the records furnished the information required

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڳܰԾ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڳܰn· noun
  • v·ڳܰn verb (used with object)
  • ·ڳܰn verb (used with object)
  • ·ڳܰn verb (used with object)
  • ܲd·ڳܰn verb (used with object)
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of furnish1

1400–50; late Middle English furnisshen, from Old French furniss-, long stem of furnir “to accomplish, furnish,” from Germanic; compare Old High German frumjan “to provide”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of furnish1

C15: from Old French fournir , of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frummen to carry out
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Synonym Study

Furnish, appoint, equip all refer to providing something necessary. Furnish emphasizes the idea of providing necessary or customary services or appliances in living quarters: to furnish board; a room meagerly furnished with a bed, desk, and a wooden chair. Appoint, a more formal word now usually used in the past participle appointed, means to furnish completely with all requisites or accessories or in an elegant style: a well-appointed house. Equip means to supply with necessary materials or apparatus for some service, action, or undertaking; it emphasizes preparation: to equip a vessel, a soldier.
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Next door is the historic Helms Bakery campus, a former bread factory dating to the 1930s that now houses home furnishings and design stores, and restaurants.

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One artist talks about buying stuff from the mall to furnish the home they want to have, rather than the “sitcom” set they do have.

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“The Residence” allows us not to forgo thinking about that for seven episodes as Cordelia Cupp guides us through a tour of clashing personalities, dusty furnishings and a bit of light homicide.

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Last year, Estonia furnished the bridge with dragon's teeth – pyramidal anti-tank obstacles of reinforced concrete.

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Mango is an addition to the selection of fruit, and cushions are in to bolster the underrepresented area of soft lounge furnishings.

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