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Another word for furnish

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Verb

  1. To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose

  2. To relinquish to the possession or control of another

      1. Used other than as an idiom: see turn,"Ž over.
      2. To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
      3. (idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.
      1. To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another.
      2. To make over the possession or legal title of (property, for example); convey.
      3. To convey (a design, for example) from one surface to another, as by impression.
      1. To make available for use; provide:
      2. To provide something necessary or desired to; furnish or equip:
      3. To have as a necessary or desirable feature:
      1. To make available (something needed or desired); furnish:
      2. To supply something needed or desired to:
      3. To have as an available or desirable feature; afford:
      1. (idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
      2. Alternative spelling of handover.
      1. The terminal part of the human arm located below the forearm, used for grasping and holding and consisting of the wrist, palm, four fingers, and an opposable thumb.
      2. A homologous or similar part in other animals, as the terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates.
      3. A unit of length equal to 4 inches (10.2 centimeters), used especially to specify the height of a horse.
      1. To make a present of:
      2. To place in the hands of; pass:
      3. To deliver in exchange or recompense; pay:
      1. To bring or transport to the proper place or recipient; distribute:
      2. To surrender (someone or something) to another; hand over:
      3. To secure (something promised or desired), as for a candidate or political party:
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Another word for furnish

Verb

  1. To supply necessities

      1. An upper limb of the human body, connecting the hand and wrist to the shoulder.
      2. A part similar to a human arm, such as the forelimb of an animal or a long part projecting from a central support in a machine.
      3. Something, such as a sleeve on a garment or a support on a chair, that is designed to cover or support the human arm.
      1. To select or designate to fill an office or a position:
      2. To fix or set by authority or by mutual agreement:
      3. To furnish; equip:
      1. A supply accumulated for future use; a store.
      2. The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
      3. All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
      1. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions.
      2. To furnish (someone) with the qualities necessary for performance; prepare:
      1. outfit
      2. (idiomatic) To provide a thing, a group, a person or oneself with requisites; to kit out.
      1. A set of tools or equipment for a specialized purpose:
      2. A set of clothing, often with accessories:
      3. An association of persons, especially a military unit or a business organization.
      1. To make available (something needed or desired); furnish:
      2. To supply something needed or desired to:
      3. To have as an available or desirable feature; afford:
      1. To make available for use; provide:
      2. To provide something necessary or desired to; furnish or equip:
      3. To have as a necessary or desirable feature:

  2. To equip with furniture

Synonym Study

  • Arm literally implies equipping with weapons and materiel for war but, in extended use, connotes provision with what is necessary to meet any circumstance armed with enough evidence to convict the defendant
  • Appoint , a formal word now generally used in the past participle, implies the provision of all the requisites and accessories for proper service a well-appointed studio
  • To outfit is to equip completely with the articles needed for a specific undertaking, occupation, etc. to outfit a hunting expedition
  • To equip is to furnish with what is requisite for efficient action a car equipped with overdrive
  • Furnish implies the provision of all the things requisite for a particular service, action, etc. to furnish a house
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Sentence Examples

  • The marriage registers furnish another test of education.

  • The blastostyles, gonophores and gonothecae furnish a series of variations which can best be considered as so many stages of evolution.

  • There is actually no place in this village for a work of fine art, if any had come down to us, to stand, for our lives, our houses and streets, furnish no proper pedestal for it.

  • It is well stocked with trout, and the steep declivities of the lower valley furnish red wines of excellent quality.

  • Their only obligation to the Turkish government is to furnish a contingent in time of war; the only law they recognize is either traditional custom(adet) or the unwritten Kanun-i Leks Dukajinit, a civil and criminal code, so called from its author, Leka Dukajini, who is supposed to have lived in the 13th or 14th century.

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