furnish

fur·nish  (fûrnsh)

tr.v. fur·nished, fur·nish·ing, fur·nish·es

1. To equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for.

2. To supply; give: "The story of Orpheus has furnished Pope with an illustration" (Thomas Bulfinch).

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[Middle English furnisshen, from Old French fournir, fourniss-, of Germanic origin; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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furnish·er n.

Synonyms: furnish, equip, outfit, appoint, accouter
These verbs mean to provide with what is necessary for an activity or a purpose: furnished the team with new uniforms; equip a car with snow tires; had to outfit the children for summer camp; a library that was appointed in leather; knights who were accoutered for battle.

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furnish [ˈfɜːnɪʃ]

vb (tr)

1. to provide (a house, room, etc.) with furniture, carpets, etc.

2. to equip with what is necessary; fit out

3. to give; supply the records furnished the information required

[from Old French fournir, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frummen to carry out]

furnisher  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	furnish - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" provide, supply, render hydrate - supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently" charge - energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery" date - provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated" feed - feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity" calk - provide with calks; "calk horse shoes" give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" fund - provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest stint, scant, skimp - supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance" terrace, terrasse - provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house" dado - provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room" innervate - supply nerves to (some organ or body part) offer - make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" signalise, signalize - provide with traffic signals; "signalize a busy intersection" extend, offer - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" stock - provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat" buy in, stock up, stock - amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" caption - provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing tube - provide with a tube or insert a tube into ticket - provide with a ticket for passage or admission; "Ticketed passengers can board now" stock - supply with livestock; "stock a farm" stock - supply with fish; "stock a lake" rim - furnish with a rim; "rim a hat" fret - provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar" step - furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace" rail - provide with rails; "The yard was railed" grate - furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace" capitalise, capitalize - supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders alphabetize - provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages" wharf - provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river" air-cool, air-condition - equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature; "Our house is not air-conditioned" uniform - provide with uniforms; "The guards were uniformed" railroad - supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West" partner - provide with a partner bewhisker, whisker - furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey" subtitle - supply (a movie) with subtitles headline - provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline match - provide funds complementary to; "The company matched the employees' contributions" hobnail - supply with hobnails wive - provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife victual - supply with food; "The population was victualed during the war" cloy, surfeit - supply or feed to surfeit heat - provide with heat; "heat the house" seat - provide with seats; "seat a concert hall" seat - put a seat on a chair ramp - furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium" arm - supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan" interleave - provide (books) with blank leaves glass, glaze - furnish with glass; "glass the windows" crenel, crenelate, crenellate - supply with battlements
	2.	furnish - provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" refurnish - furnish with new or different furniture; "We refurnished the living room"

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furnish

verb

1. decorate, fit, fit out, appoint, provide, stock, supply, store, provision, outfit, equip, fit up, purvey Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques.

2. supply, give, offer, provide, present, reveal, grant, afford, hand out, endow, bestow They'll be able to furnish you with the details.

Translations

furnish [ˈfɜːnɪʃ] VT

1. [+ room, house] → amueblar (with con) furnishing fabric → tela f para revestir muebles
furnished flat → piso m amueblado, departamento m amoblado(LAm)

2. (= provide) [+ excuse, information] → proporcionar, facilitar; [+ proof] → aducir
to furnish sb with sth [+ supplies] → proveer a algn de algo; [+ opportunity] → dar or proporcionar algo a algn

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furnish [ˈfɜː^rnɪʃ] vt

[+ house, room] → meubler

(= supply) → fournir
to furnish sb with sth → fournir qch à qn

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furnish

vt

house → einrichten; furnished room → möbliertes Zimmer; furnished flat (esp Brit) or apartment → möblierte Wohnung; to live in furnished accommodation → zur Miete wohnen (in einer möblierten Wohnung); furnishing fabrics → Dekorationsstoffe pl

information, reason, excuse → liefern, geben; to furnish somebody with something → jdn mit etw versorgen, jdm etw liefern; with reason, excuse → jdm etw liefern

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furnish [ˈfɜːnɪʃ] vt

a. (room, house) to furnish (with) → arredare (con), ammobiliare (con)
furnishing fabric → tessuto da arredamento
furnished flat or (Am) furnished apartment → appartamento ammobiliato

b. (frm) (supply, excuse, information) → fornire, dare
to furnish sb with sth → dare qc a qn

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furnish [ˈfɜːnɪʃ] vt

a. (room, house) to furnish (with) → arredare (con), ammobiliare (con)
furnishing fabric → tessuto da arredamento
furnished flat or (Am) furnished apartment → appartamento ammobiliato

b. (frm) (supply, excuse, information) → fornire, dare
to furnish sb with sth → dare qc a qn

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furnish

v furnish [ˈfəːniʃ]

1 to provide (a house etc) with furniture We spent a lot of money on furnishing our house. meubileer يُؤَثِّث، يَفْرُش обзавеждам zařídit møblere; indrette einrichten επιπλώνω amueblar möbleerima مبله کردن kalustaa meubler לְרַהֵט सुसज्जित करना opremiti namještajem berendez memberi perabotan búa húsgögnum ammobiliare, arredare 家具を備える 가구 등을 갖추다 apstatyti baldais []mēbelēt melengkapi dengan perabot meubileren møblere; utstyre/forsyne/utruste med umeblować mobilar a mobila обставлять zariadiť opremiti snabdeti nameštajem inreda, möblera ตกแต่ง dayayıp döşemek 用家具裝備(房子) меблювати, обставляти مکان میں ضروری ساز و سامان مہیا کرنا trang bị đồ đạc (phòng, nhà...) 用家具装备（房子）

2 to give (what is necessary); to supply They furnished the library with new books. voorsien يُزَوِّد снабдявам vybavit forsyne versehen εφοδιάζω, παρέχω, προμηθεύω proporcionar, guarnecer, proveer, suministrar varustama فراهم کردن varustaa pourvoir (de) לְסַפֵּק आवश्यक सामग्री देना opremiti, opskrbiti ellát melengkapi láta í té; útvega fornire 備える 공급하다 aprūpinti apgādāt melengkapi voorzien van levere, skaffe, gi zaopatrzyć fornecer a fur­niza снабжать vybaviť dobaviti opremiti förse, utrusta จัดหาให้ sağlamak, temin etmek 提供 постачати, забезпечувати مہیا کرنا cung cấp 提供

adj furnished

a furnished flat. gemeubileerd مُؤَثَّث обзаведен zařízený møbleret möbliert επιπλωμένος amueblado sisustatud مبله kalustettu meublé מְרוּהָט सुसज्जित namješten bútorozott berperabotan búinn húsgögnum ammobiliato 家具付きの 가구가 갖춰진 apstatytas mēbelēts berperabot gemeubileerd møblert umeblowany mobilado mobi­lat меблированный zariadený opremljen snabdeven nameštajem möblerad ที่ตกแต่งแล้ว mobilyalı 備有家具的 мебльований مع ساز و سامان có sẵn đồ đạc; được trang bị đồ đạc 备有家具的

n pl furnishings

furniture, equipment etc The office had very expensive furnishings. meubelment لَوازِم، تَجْهيزات، أثاث мебелировка zařízení inventar; møblement die Einrichtung επίπλωση, εξοπλισμός muebles, mobiliario sisustus اثاثیه kalusteet ameublement רִיהוּט וְצִיוּד साज-सामान pokućstvo, oprema (lak)berendezés perlengkapan húsbúnaður mobilia 備品 가구, 장비 apstatymas [] iekārta; aprīkojums perabotan meubilair møbler, inventar, utstyr wyposażenie mobília piese de mobilier обстановка zariadenie pohištvo, oprema nameštaj utrustning, möbler, inventarier เครื่องเรือน döşeme, mobilya 家具設備 меблі; обладнання مکان ، کمرے کا ساز و سامان đồ đạc 家具设备

n furniture [-tʃə]

things in a house etc such as tables, chairs, beds etc modern funiture. meubels أثاث мебели nábytek møbler Möbel(pl.) επίπλωση, έπιπλα muebles, mobiliario mööbel اسباب خانه huonekalut mobilier רָהִיטִים फर्नीचर pokućstvo, namještaj bútor(zat) perabotan húsgögn mobili 家具 가구 baldai mēbeles perabot meubels møbler, innbo, inventar meble mobília mobilă мебель nábytok pohištvo nameštaj möbler, möblemang เครื่องเรือน mobilya 家具 меблі مکان کے لۓ ضروری اشیا مثلا میز، کرسی وغیرہ đồ dùng trong nhà 家具

furniture is a collective noun taking a singular verb: His furniture is rather old .