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# furnish

«furnish» in Mova's school dictionary: **To put furniture in a room or house: They furnished the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (furnish, furnishes, furnished, furnishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To put furniture in a room or house: They furnished the bedroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#m1)

2) (formal) To supply or give something needed: furnish us with the details. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a «furnished flat» comes with beds, tables and chairs; in the exam and formal voice «furnish with information» means «give information». Phrases: «furnished flat», «furnish with», «fully furnished».

### examples

- We furnished the playroom with beanbags and shelves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x1)
- The holiday house was fully furnished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x2)
- Please furnish us with your address. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x3)
- They furnished the classroom with new desks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x4)
- It costs a lot to furnish a whole house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x5)
- The library furnished the pupils with books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x6)
- If you wish me to remain in your service, furnish me with the necessary funds, else I must withdraw." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x7)

### note

Regular verb (-es after sh). Noun: furniture (uncountable — «a piece of furniture», never «furnitures»); furnishings (curtains, carpets and furniture). Meaning 2 is formal; in plain talk «give».

### In the corpora

- [Hard bare walls bounce sound back, while soft curtains, carpets and sofas soak it up, so a furnished room hardly echoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/17-what-sound-is-wobbles-in-the-air/11/)
- [She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.241/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «furnish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.