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.
furls
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present tense formof furl (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Her Bengali furls backward toward its village origins.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 28, 2016
As furls of smoke spread out on a screen above him, a voice intoned "This is the night of the demon" over thunderous bass.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2010
But swift as sailor, by his trembling mast Warned of Circeian tempest, furls his sails, So swift Torquatus saw, and prompt to wage The war more closely, he withdrew his men Within a narrower wall.
From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan
Every life has been a battle That has won a noble guerdon— Every soul that furls its pinions In proud Fame's serene dominions, Wearily has borne its burden.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
The harbour lies below, and a fishing boat running in furls its large triangular sail and drops its anchor.
From Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
