Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense furnishes, present participle furnishing, past tense, past participle furnished
1. verb
If you furnish a room or building, you put furniture and furnishings into it.
Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques. [VERB noun + with]
[Also VERB noun]
Synonyms: decorate, fit, fit out, appoint More Synonyms of furnish
2. verb
If you furnish someone with something, you provide or supply it.
[formal]
They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details. [VERB noun + with]
Synonyms: supply, give, offer, provide More Synonyms of furnish
furnish in British English
(ˈfɜːnɪʃ)
verb(transitive)
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
Derived forms
furnisher (ˈfurnisher)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Old French fournir, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frummen to carry out
furnish in American English
(ˈfɜrnɪʃ)
verb transitive
1.
to supply, provide, or equip with whatever is necessary or useful; esp., to put furniture into (a room, apartment, etc.)
2.
to supply; provide; give
to furnish information
SYNONYMY NOTE: furnish, as compared here, implies the provision of all the things requisite for a particularservice, action, etc. [to furnish a house]; to equip1 is to furnish with what is requisite for efficient action [a car equipped with overdrive]; to outfit is to equip completely with the articles needed for a specific undertaking, occupation,etc. [to outfit a hunting expedition]; appoint, a formal word now generally used in the past participle, implies the provision ofall the requisites and accessories for proper service [a well-appointed studio]; arm2 literally implies equipment with weapons, etc. for war but, in extended use, connotesprovision with what is necessary to meet any circumstance
Derived forms
furnisher (ˈfurnisher)
noun
Word origin
ME furnishen < extended stem of OFr furnir (Fr fournir) < Frank *frumjan (akin to OE framian, Ger frommen, to benefit), caus. < *fruma (akin to ON frami, profit): for IE base see from
Examples of 'furnish' in a sentence
furnish
There's a large drawing room with a fireplace and upstairs the eight rooms are beautifully furnished.
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The 33 rooms are furnished in sleek contemporary style, with strikingly modern decor in the public areas.
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The rooms are well furnished, if a little small, with big windows offering views of the city.
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He also denied two charges of conspiring to furnish false information.
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The couple lived in a room furnished only with a heap of straw.
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It comes fully fitted and partly furnished.
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The house was barely furnished and it was cold.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The house has been furnished in a modern style.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Rooms are fabulously furnished with period pieces and the service is exemplary.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It began to make the room look furnished directly.
Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess (1905)
The claimant had been charged with dishonestly obtaining loans from building societies and obtaining housing benefit payments by furnishing false information.
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The house will be furnished by a Milanese interior designer.
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In the meantime, he has a very large house to furnish.
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His room is furnished with desk, meeting table and chairs.
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Both houses are stylishly furnished with all mod cons and cost from 670 a week.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Books furnish a room, and all that.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Books do more than furnish a room: they are our intellectual companions.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Although the main rooms are elegantly furnished, there is also a family element.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Sleeping up to six, the house is comfortably furnished with a lawn that is perfect for alfresco meals.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We don't expect a profit in the first year because we spent money doing the house up and furnishing it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He is charged with three counts of fraud, two counts of transferring criminal property and two counts of furnishing false information.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It charged zero interest on purchases for the first nine months so I used it to furnish the house.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It has ten simply furnished rooms, elegant grounds and a good-sized outdoor pool.
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Typically, it costs 300 per sq ft to dig out and fully fit and furnish a basement.
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They were furnished and equipped to cavalry regiment standards with silver, military prints on the walls, costly vintages and rich food.
Patrick Bishop FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)
In other languages
furnish
British English: furnish VERB
If you furnish a room or building, you put furniture and furnishings into it.
Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques.
American English: furnish
Brazilian Portuguese: mobiliar
Chinese: 装潢
European Spanish: amueblar
French: meubler
German: einrichten
Italian: ammobiliare
Japanese: > 備え付ける家具などを
Korean: 가구를 들여놓다
European Portuguese: mobilar
Latin American Spanish: amueblar
Chinese translation of 'furnish'
furnish
(ˈfəːnɪʃ)
vt
[room, building]布(佈)置 (bùzhì)
(frm, = supply) 提供 (tígōng)
to furnish sb with sth (frm) 给(給)某人提供某物 (gěi mǒurén tígōng mǒuwù)
furnished flat or (US) apartment带(帶)家具的公寓 (dài jiājù de gōngyù)
1 (verb)
Definition
to provide (a house or room) with furniture, etc.
Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques.
Synonyms
decorate
fit
The bombs were fitted with time devices.
fit out
appoint
provide
I will be happy to provide you with a copy of the report.
They did not provide any food.
stock
I worked stocking shelves in a grocery store.
supply
store
provision
outfit
Homes can be outfitted with security lights for a few hundred dollars.
equip
The country did not have the funds to equip the reserve army properly.
fit up
purvey
two restaurants that purvey Indonesian food
2 (verb)
Definition
to supply or provide
They'll be able to furnish you with the details.
Synonyms
supply
an agreement to supply the library with new computers
give
This recipe was given to me years ago.
They still give to charity despite hard economic times.
offer
Western governments have offered aid.
provide
The summit will provide an opportunity for discussions on the crisis.
present
The queen presented the prizes to the winning captain.
reveal
grant
France has agreed to grant him political asylum.
afford
The room afforded fine views of the city.
hand out
endow
The ambassador has endowed a public-service fellowship programme.
bestow
The Queen has bestowed a knighthood on him.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of afford
Definition
to give or supply
The room afforded fine views of the city.
Synonyms
give,
offer,
provide,
produce,
supply,
grant,
yield,
render,
furnish,
bestow,
impart
in the sense of appoint
Definition
to equip or furnish
Synonyms
equip,
provide,
supply,
furnish,
fit out
in the sense of bestow
Definition
to present (a gift) or confer (an honour)
The Queen has bestowed a knighthood on him.
Synonyms
present,
give,
accord,
award,
grant,
commit,
hand out,
lavish,
confer,
endow,
entrust,
impart,
allot,
honour with,
apportion
Synonyms of 'furnish'
furnish
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of purvey
Definition
to sell or provide (foodstuffs)
two restaurants that purvey Indonesian food
Synonyms
supply,
provide,
sell,
retail,
provision,
cater,
trade in,
deal in,
furnish,
victual
in the sense of stock
Definition
to supply (a farm) with animals or (a lake or stream) with fish