furl

furl  (fûrl)

v. furled, furl·ing, furls

v.tr.

To roll up and secure (a flag or sail, for example) to something else.

v.intr.

To be or become rolled up.

n.

1. The act or an instance of rolling up.

2. A single roll or a rolled section.

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[Perhaps from French ferler, from Old French ferlier, to fasten : ferm, firm; see firm¹ + lier, to bind (from Latin ligre; see leig- in Indo-European roots).]

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furl [fɜːl]

vb

1. to roll up (an umbrella, a flag, etc.) neatly and securely or (of an umbrella, flag, etc.) to be rolled up in this way

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr) Nautical to gather in (a square sail)

n

1. the act or an instance of furling

2. a single rolled-up section

[from Old French ferlier to bind tightly, from ferm tight (from Latin firmus firm¹) + lier to tie, bind, from Latin ligāre]

furlable  adj

furler  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

furl - form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth" roll up roll up, roll - show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form douse - lower quickly; "douse a sail" reef - roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area bolt - make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric" gather in, take in - fold up; "take in the sails" brail - take in a sail with a brail

Translations

furl [fɜːl] VT (Naut) → aferrar; [+ wings] → recoger

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furl [ˈfɜː^rl] vt [+ flag] → rouler; [+ sail] → ferler

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furl

vt sail, flag → einrollen; umbrella → zusammenrollen

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furl [fɜːl] vt (sail) → piegare

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furl

v furl [fəːl]

to roll up (a flag, sail or umbrella). opvou يَطوي، يَلُف свивам svinout, složit rulle sammen; lægge sammen aufrollen μαζεύω, διπλώνω aferrar (náutica), recoger kokku rullima, kokku panema جمع کردن؛ بستن kääriä ferler (une voile), rouler (un parapluie) לְקַפֵּל लपेटना smotati (jedra, zastavu) összesodor melipat brjóta saman, rúlla upp ammainare (una bandiera); chiudere (un ombrello) 巻く 감다 suvynioti, suskleisti (par karogu, buru, lietussargu) satīt; saritināt; salocīt menggulung oprollen rulle opp, legge sammen, beslå zwinąć enrolar a strânge; a înfăşura свёртывать zvinúť, zložiť razviti (jadro), razpeti (dežnik) sklopiti rulla ihop, fälla ihop ม้วน sarmak, dürmek 收攏 згортати لپیٹنا cuộn lại, cụp lai 收拢