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- [fur-nish]
- /ˈfɜr nɪʃ/
- /ˈfɜː.nɪʃ/
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- [fur-nish]
- /ˈfɜr nɪʃ/
Definitions of furnish word
- verb with object furnish to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc. 1
- verb with object furnish to provide or supply (often followed by with): The delay furnished me with the time I needed. 1
- noun furnish paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine. 1
- noun furnish Provide (a house or room) with furniture and fittings. 1
- transitive verb furnish a house 1
- intransitive verb furnish provide with 1
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Origin of furnish
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English furnisshen < Old French furniss-, long stem of furnir to accomplish, furnish < Germanic; compare Old High German frumjan to provide
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Parts of speech for Furnish
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preposition
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determiner
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furnish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for furnish
verb furnish
- provide — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- fix up — Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.
- rig — Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- appoint — If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
- gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
noun furnish
- cornice — A cornice is a strip of plaster, wood, or stone which goes along the top of a wall or building.
Antonyms for furnish
verb furnish
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- unclothe — to strip of clothes.
- waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- secret — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
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