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furnish - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'furnish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Furnish [ n.]
- That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.
2 . Furnish [ v. t.]
- To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
- To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.

Meaning of 'furnish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . furnish [ v]
Meaning (1):
- provide or equip with furniture
Example in sentence:
  • We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style
Meaning (2):
- give something useful or necessary to
Example in sentence:
  • We provided the room with an electrical heater