furnish

[ fur-nish ]
/ ˈfɜr nɪʃ /

verb (used with object)

to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
to provide or supply (often followed by with): The delay furnished me with the time I needed.

noun

paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine.

Origin of furnish

1400–50; late Middle English furnisshen < Old French furniss-, long stem of furnir to accomplish, furnish < Germanic; compare Old High German frumjan to provide

SYNONYMS FOR furnish

1, 2 rig, outfit, deck out. Furnish, appoint, equip all refer to providing something necessary. Furnish emphasizes the idea of providing necessary or customary services or appliances in living quarters: to furnish board; a room meagerly furnished with a bed, desk, and a wooden chair. Appoint (now found only in well-appointed ) means to furnish completely with all requisites or accessories or in an elegant style: a well-appointed house. Equip means to supply with necessary materials or apparatus for some service, action, or undertaking; it emphasizes preparation: to equip a vessel, a soldier.

OTHER WORDS FROM furnish

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH furnish

refinish refurbish refurnish

Example sentences from the Web for unfurnished

British Dictionary definitions for unfurnished (1 of 2)

unfurnished
/ (ʌnˈfɜːnɪʃt) /

adjective

(of a room, property, etc) not having any furniture

British Dictionary definitions for unfurnished (2 of 2)

furnish
/ (ˈfɜːnɪʃ) /

verb (tr)

to provide (a house, room, etc) with furniture, carpets, etc
to equip with what is necessary; fit out
to give; supply the records furnished the information required

Derived forms of furnish

furnisher, noun

Word Origin for furnish

C15: from Old French fournir, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frummen to carry out