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.
has furled
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present perfectof furl (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The thunder could not wake The grief that silence in her soul has furled.
From Sonnets and Songs by Helen Hay Whitney
The Mayflower on New England's coasts has furled her tattered sails, And through her chafed and mourning shrouds December's breezes wail.
From King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
