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fur·nish
(fûr′nĭsh)tr.v.fur·nished,fur·nish·ing,fur·nish·es
1.
a. To provide (what is needed or desired):furnished the snacks for the party.
b. To provide furniture for:furnish a room.
c. To provide something necessary or desired to; equip:furnished the students with pens.
2. To have as an available or desirable feature:a courtyard that furnishes a fine view.
[Middle Englishfurnisshen, from Old Frenchfournir, fourniss-,of Germanic origin; seeper inIndo-European roots.]
fur′nish·er n.
Synonyms: furnish, equip, outfit, supply
These verbs mean to provide with what is necessary for an activity or a purpose:furnished the team with new uniforms; equip a car with snow tires; had to outfit the children for summer camp; supplied the crew with hardhats.
These verbs mean to provide with what is necessary for an activity or a purpose:furnished the team with new uniforms; equip a car with snow tires; had to outfit the children for summer camp; supplied the crew with hardhats.
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furnish
(ˈfɜːnɪʃ)vb (tr)
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.
[C15: from Old Frenchfournir, of Germanic origin; related to Old High Germanfrummen to carry out]
ˈfurnishern
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fur•nish
(ˈfɜr nɪʃ)v.t.
1. to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary appliances, esp. furniture.
2. to provide or supply (often fol. bywith): The delay furnished me with extra time.
[1400–50; < Old Frenchfurniss-, long s. offurnir to accomplish, furnish < Germanic]
fur′nish•er,n.
syn:furnish,appoint,equip refer to providing something necessary or useful.furnish often refers to providing necessary or customary objects or services that increase living comfort:to furnish a bedroom with a bed, desk, and chair.appoint, a more formal word, now usu. used in the past participle, means to supply completely with all requisites or accessories, often in an elegant style:a well-appointed hotel; a fully appointed suite.equip means to supply with necessary materials or apparatus for a particular action, service, or undertaking; it emphasizes preparation:to equip a vessel; to equip a soldier.
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furnish
Past participle:furnished
Gerund:furnishing
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furnish |
furnish |
Present |
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I furnish |
you furnish |
he/she/it furnishes |
we furnish |
you furnish |
they furnish |
Preterite |
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I furnished |
you furnished |
he/she/it furnished |
we furnished |
you furnished |
they furnished |
Present Continuous |
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I am furnishing |
you are furnishing |
he/she/it is furnishing |
we are furnishing |
you are furnishing |
they are furnishing |
Present Perfect |
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I have furnished |
you have furnished |
he/she/it has furnished |
we have furnished |
you have furnished |
they have furnished |
Past Continuous |
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I was furnishing |
you were furnishing |
he/she/it was furnishing |
we were furnishing |
you were furnishing |
they were furnishing |
Past Perfect |
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I had furnished |
you had furnished |
he/she/it had furnished |
we had furnished |
you had furnished |
they had furnished |
Future |
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I will furnish |
you will furnish |
he/she/it will furnish |
we will furnish |
you will furnish |
they will furnish |
Future Perfect |
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I will have furnished |
you will have furnished |
he/she/it will have furnished |
we will have furnished |
you will have furnished |
they will have furnished |
Future Continuous |
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I will be furnishing |
you will be furnishing |
he/she/it will be furnishing |
we will be furnishing |
you will be furnishing |
they will be furnishing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been furnishing |
you have been furnishing |
he/she/it has been furnishing |
we have been furnishing |
you have been furnishing |
they have been furnishing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been furnishing |
you will have been furnishing |
he/she/it will have been furnishing |
we will have been furnishing |
you will have been furnishing |
they will have been furnishing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been furnishing |
you had been furnishing |
he/she/it had been furnishing |
we had been furnishing |
you had been furnishing |
they had been furnishing |
Conditional |
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I would furnish |
you would furnish |
he/she/it would furnish |
we would furnish |
you would furnish |
they would furnish |
Past Conditional |
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I would have furnished |
you would have furnished |
he/she/it would have furnished |
we would have furnished |
you would have furnished |
they would have furnished |
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Verb | 1. | furnish - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" hydrate - supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently" charge - energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery" date - provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated" feed - feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity" calk - provide with calks; "calk horse shoes" give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" fund - provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest dado - provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room" innervate - supply nerves to (some organ or body part) offer - make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" extend,offer - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" stock - provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat" buy in,stock up,stock - amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" caption - provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing tube - provide with a tube or insert a tube into ticket - provide with a ticket for passage or admission; "Ticketed passengers can board now" stock - supply with livestock; "stock a farm" stock - supply with fish; "stock a lake" rim - furnish with a rim; "rim a hat" fret - provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar" step - furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace" rail - provide with rails; "The yard was railed" grate - furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace" capitalise,capitalize - supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders alphabetize - provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages" wharf - provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river" air-cool,air-condition - equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature; "Our house is not air-conditioned" uniform - provide with uniforms; "The guards were uniformed" railroad - supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West" partner - provide with a partner subtitle - supply (a movie) with subtitles headline - provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline match - provide funds complementary to; "The company matched the employees' contributions" hobnail - supply with hobnails wive - provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife victual - supply with food; "The population was victualed during the war" heat - provide with heat; "heat the house" seat - provide with seats; "seat a concert hall" seat - put a seat on a chair ramp - furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium" arm - supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan" interleave - provide (books) with blank leaves causeway - provide with a causeway; "A causewayed swamp" bush - provide with a bushing brattice - supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines furnish - provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" slat - equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows" berth - provide with a berth bed - furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals" computerise,computerize - provide with computers; "Our office is fully computerized now" costume - furnish with costumes; as for a film or play |
2. | furnish - provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" furnish,provide,supply,render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" refurnish - furnish with new or different furniture; "We refurnished the living room" |
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furnish
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
furnish
verb1.To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose:
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Translations
يُؤَثِّث، يَفْرُشيُزَوِّد
vybavitzařídit
forsyneindrettemøblere
berendez
búa húsgögnumláta í té; útvega
apstatymasapstatytasapstatyti baldaisbaldai
apgādātapmēbelētmēbelēt
zariadiť
opremiti
dayayıp döşemeksağlamaktemin etmek
furnish
[ˈfɜːnɪʃ]VT1. [+room, house] →amueblar (with con)furnishing fabric →telaf pararevestirmuebles
furnished flat →pisomamueblado,departamentomamoblado (LAm)
furnished flat →pisomamueblado,departamentomamoblado (LAm)
2. (=provide) [+excuse, information] →proporcionar,facilitar; [+proof] →aducir
to furnish sb with sth [+supplies] →proveer a algn de algo; [+opportunity] →darorproporcionar algo a algn
to furnish sb with sth [+supplies] →proveer a algn de algo; [+opportunity] →darorproporcionar algo a algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
furnish
vt
house →einrichten;furnished room →möbliertesZimmer;furnished flat (esp Brit)or apartment →möblierteWohnung;to live infurnished accommodation →zurMietewohnen (in einer möblierten Wohnung);furnishing fabrics →Dekorationsstoffepl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
furnish
[ˈfɜːnɪʃ]vta. (room, house)to furnish (with) →arredare (con),ammobiliare (con)
furnishing fabric →tessuto daarredamento
furnished flator (Am) furnished apartment →appartamentoammobiliato
furnishing fabric →tessuto daarredamento
furnished flator (Am) furnished apartment →appartamentoammobiliato
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
furnish
(ˈfəːniʃ) verb1. to provide (a houseetc) with furniture.We spent a lot of money on furnishing our house. meubileer يُؤَثِّث، يَفْرُش обзавеждам mobiliar zaříditeinrichten møblere; indretteεπιπλώνωamueblar möbleerima مبله کردن kalustaameubler לְרַהֵט सुसज्जित करना opremiti namještajem berendez memberi perabotan búa húsgögnumammobiliare,arredare 家具を備える 가구 등을 갖추다 apstatyti baldais []mēbelēt melengkapi dengan perabotmeubilerenmøblere; utstyre/forsyne/utruste med umeblować ضرورى شيان ورته برابرول، مجهز كولmobilar a mobila обставлять zariadiť opremiti snabdeti nameštajem inreda, möblera ตกแต่ง dayayıp döşemek 用家具裝備(房子) меблювати, обставляти مکان میں ضروری ساز و سامان مہیا کرنا trang bị đồ đạc (phòng, nhà...) 用家具装备(房子)
2. to give (what is necessary); to supply.They furnished the library with new books. voorsien يُزَوِّد снабдявам fornecer vybavitversehen forsyneεφοδιάζω,παρέχω,προμηθεύωproporcionar,guarnecer,proveer,suministrar varustama فراهم کردن varustaapourvoir לְסַפֵּק आवश्यक सामग्री देना opremiti, opskrbiti ellát melengkapi láta í té; útvegafornire 備える 공급하다 aprūpinti apgādāt melengkapivoorzien vanlevere,skaffe,gizaopatrzyć برابرول fornecer a furnizaснабжать vybaviť dobaviti opremiti förse, utrusta จัดหาให้sağlamak, temin etmek 提供 постачати, забезпечувати مہیا کرنا cung cấp提供
ˈfurnished adjectivea furnished flat. gemeubileerd مُؤَثَّث обзаведен mobiliado zařízenýmöbliert møbleretεπιπλωμένοςamueblado sisustatud مبله kalustettumeublé מְרוּהָט सुसज्जित namješten bútorozott berperabotan búinn húsgögnumammobiliato 家具付きの 가구가 갖춰진 apstatytas mēbelēts berperabotgemeubileerdmøblertumeblowany مجهزmobilado mobilatмеблированный zariadený opremljen snabdeven nameštajem möblerad ที่ตกแต่งแล้วmobilyalı 備有家俱的 мебльований مع ساز و سامان có sẵn đồ đạc; được trang bị đồ đạc备有家具的
ˈfurnishings noun plural furniture, equipmentetc.The office had very expensive furnishings. meubelment لَوازِم، تَجْهيزات، أثاث мебелировка mobília zařízení die Einrichtung inventar; møblementεπίπλωση,εξοπλισμόςmuebles,mobiliario sisustus اثاثیه kalusteetameublement רִיהוּט וְצִיוּד साज-सामान pokućstvo, oprema (lak)berendezés perlengkapan húsbúnaðurmobilia 備品 가구, 장비 apstatymas [] iekārta; aprīkojums perabotanmeubilairmøbler,inventar,utstyrwyposażenie لوازم، اثاث البيت، دكور سامانmobília piese de mobilierобстановка zariadenie pohištvo, oprema nameštaj utrustning, möbler, inventarier เครื่องเรือนdöşeme,mobilya 家俱設備 меблі; обладнання مکان ، کمرے کا ساز و سامان đồ đạc家具设备
ˈfurniture (-tʃə) noun things in a houseetc such as tables, chairs, bedsetc.modern funiture. meubels أثاث мебели mobília nábytekMöbel møblerεπίπλωση,έπιπλαmuebles,mobiliario mööbel اسباب خانه huonekalutmobilier רָהִיטִים फर्नीचर pokućstvo, namještaj bútor(zat) perabotan húsgögnmobili 家具 가구 baldai mēbeles perabotmeubelsmøbler,innbo,inventarmeble د كور وسايلmobília mobilăмебель nábytok pohištvo nameštaj möbler, möblemang เครื่องเรือนmobilya 家俱 меблі مکان کے لۓ ضروری اشیا مثلا میز، کرسی وغیرہ đồ dùng trong nhà家具
furniture is a collective noun taking a singular verb:His furniture is rather old.Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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It is evident then that the getting of money is not the same thing as economy, for the business of the one is tofurnish the means of the other to use them; and what art is there employed in the management of a family but economy, but whether this is a part of it, or something of a different species, is a doubt; for if it is the business of him who is to get money to find out how riches and possessions may be procured, and both these arise from various causes, we must first inquire whether the art of husbandry is part of money-getting or something different, and in general, whether the same is not true of every acquisition and every attention which relates to provision.
The Russians do notfurnish. The Hottentots and Kickapoos are very well in their way.
The baseless fabric of a vision, then, shallfurnish my theme--chosen with apologies and regrets instead of the more limited field of pretty Polly's small talk.
The secretary was told to write down the resolution of the Moscow nobility and gentry, that they wouldfurnish ten men, fully equipped, out of every thousand serfs, as the Smolensk gentry had done.
However, if electricity does notfurnish me with air to breathe, it works at least the powerful pumps that are stored in spacious reservoirs, and which enable me to prolong at need, and as long as I will, my stay in the depths of the sea.
The savages of this part of California are represented as extremely poor, and armed only with stone-pointed arrows; it being the wise policy of the Spaniards not tofurnish them with firearms.
As they went along they chanced to pass a deep well, amply supplied with water, and when they saw it, one of the Frogs said to the other, "Let us descend and make our abode in this well: it willfurnish us with shelter and food." The other replied with greater caution, "But suppose the water should fail us.
If it should be said that defects in the State constitutionsfurnish no apology for those which are to be found in the plan proposed, I answer, that as the former have never been thought chargeable with inattention to the security of liberty, where the imputations thrown on the latter can be shown to be applicable to them also, the presumption is that they are rather the cavilling refinements of a predetermined opposition, than the well-founded inferences of a candid research after truth.
Another custom begun at this time was that of the pitcher of water by the bedside tofurnish relief to my scorched and sizzling membranes.
In all which expedition Mrs Waters declared she would bear him company; and for which she was able tofurnish him with money, a very material article to Mr Northerton, she having then in her pocket three bank-notes to the amount of L90, besides some cash, and a diamond ring of pretty considerable value on her finger.
Without the aid of our wealth, they could neitherfurnish forth their hosts in war, nor their triumphs in peace, and the gold which we lend them returns with increase to our coffers.
But Martin turned away, leaving him to tell it to the barkeeper, until that worthy was called away tofurnish drinks to two farmers who, coming in, accepted Martin's invitation.
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