furl
verb (used with object)
to gather into a compact roll and bind securely, as a sail against a spar or a flag against its staff.
furled
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past participleof furl.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof furl.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
furlverb (used with object)to gather into a compact roll and bind securely, as a sail against a spar or a flag against its staff.
Example Sentences
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They packed up their chairs and furled banners, as the makeshift tent city slowly transformed back into a standard campus plaza.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
The baby’s tail or “fluke,” critical to swimming, was still furled from being compacted in utero.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023
And it was before a short, ruffled cocktail frock appeared, with the frills at the back furled like rose petals and the front obscured by a refrigerator.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
But with a dirty hull, a furled black sail and tattooed men stowing gear on deck, it looked like a pirate ship returning from a raid.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2018
The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
