furnish
nounEtymology
From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), Old High German fruma (“utility, gain”), Old English fremu (“profit, advantage”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at frame, frim.
- derived from *promo-✻
- derived from *frumjaną✻
- derived from *frumjan✻
- inherited from furnysshen
Definitions
Material used to create an engineered product.
- The resin-coated furnish is evenly spread inside the form and another metal plate is placed on top.
To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.
To supply or give (something).
- [H]e took his seat at the bottom of the table, by her ladyship's desire, and looked as if he felt that life could furnish nothing greater.
- But his writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense.
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To supply (somebody) with something.
- The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment.
- For, that the ordure, which continually gathers on the skin, would ſoon ſtop the pores of it, if the ſweat were not furniſht with ſome efficacious diſſolvent to open and pierce them.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- neighborfurniture
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at furnish. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at furnish. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at furnish
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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