furl

F0369000 (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.

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

furl

(fɜːl) vb1. to roll up (an umbrella, a flag, etc) neatly and securely or (of an umbrella, flag, etc) to be rolled up in this way2. (Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical to gather in (a square sail)n3. the act or an instance of furling4. a single rolled-up section[C16: from Old French ferlier to bind tightly, from ferm tight (from Latin firmus firm¹) + lier to tie, bind, from Latin ligāre] ˈfurlable adj ˈfurler n

furl

(fɜrl)

v.t. 1. to gather into a roll and bind securely, as a sail against a spar or a flag against its staff. v.i. 2. to become furled. n. 3. the act of furling. 4. something furled. [1550–60; compare Middle French ferler in same sense] furl′a•ble, adj.

furl

Past participle: furled
Gerund: furling

Imperative
furl
furl

Present
I furl
you furl
he/she/it furls
we furl
you furl
they furl

Preterite
I furled
you furled
he/she/it furled
we furled
you furled
they furled

Present Continuous
I am furling
you are furling
he/she/it is furling
we are furling
you are furling
they are furling

Present Perfect
I have furled
you have furled
he/she/it has furled
we have furled
you have furled
they have furled

Past Continuous
I was furling
you were furling
he/she/it was furling
we were furling
you were furling
they were furling

Past Perfect
I had furled
you had furled
he/she/it had furled
we had furled
you had furled
they had furled

Future
I will furl
you will furl
he/she/it will furl
we will furl
you will furl
they will furl

Future Perfect
I will have furled
you will have furled
he/she/it will have furled
we will have furled
you will have furled
they will have furled

Future Continuous
I will be furling
you will be furling
he/she/it will be furling
we will be furling
you will be furling
they will be furling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been furling
you have been furling
he/she/it has been furling
we have been furling
you have been furling
they have been furling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been furling
you will have been furling
he/she/it will have been furling
we will have been furling
you will have been furling
they will have been furling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been furling
you had been furling
he/she/it had been furling
we had been furling
you had been furling
they had been furling

Conditional
I would furl
you would furl
he/she/it would furl
we would furl
you would furl
they would furl

Past Conditional
I would have furled
you would have furled
he/she/it would have furled
we would have furled
you would have furled
they would have furled

Thesaurus

Verb

furl - form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth"roll uproll 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 formdouse - lower quickly; "douse a sail"reef - roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its areabolt - 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

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(fəːl) verb to roll up (a flag, sail or umbrella). 收拢

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Synonyms for furl

verb form into a cylinder by rolling

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