furnish
[ fur-nish ]
/ ˈfɜr nɪʃ /
verb (used with object)
to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
to provide or supply (often followed by with): The delay furnished me with the time I needed.
noun
paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine.
Words nearby furnish
furlough, furmenty, furmint, furnace, furness, furnish, furnishing, furnishings, furnit., furniture, furniture beetle
Origin of furnish
1400–50; late Middle English furnisshen < Old French furniss-, long stem of furnir to accomplish, furnish < Germanic; compare Old High German frumjan to provide
SYNONYMS FOR furnish
1, 2 rig, outfit, deck out. 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 (now found only in well-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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furnish
/ (ˈfɜːnɪʃ) /
verb (tr)
to provide (a house, room, etc) with furniture, carpets, etc
to equip with what is necessary; fit out
to give; supplythe records furnished the information required
Derived forms of furnish
furnisher, nounWord Origin for furnish
C15: from Old French fournir, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frummen to carry out
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