Furnishing


[fur-ni-shing] /ˈfɜr nɪ ʃɪŋ/

noun
1.
furnishings.

2.
that with which anything is furnished.
[fur-nish] /ˈfɜr nɪʃ/
verb (used with object)
1.
to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary , carpets, appliances, etc.
2.
to provide or supply (often followed by with):
The delay furnished me with the time I needed.
noun
3.
paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine.
/ˈfɜːnɪʃ/
verb (transitive)
1.
to provide (a house, room, etc) with furniture, carpets, etc
2.
to equip with what is necessary; fit out
3.
to give; supply: the records furnished the information required
v.

mid-15c., from Middle French furniss-, present participle stem of furnir “furnish, accomplish,” from Old French fornir (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *fornire, alteration of *fromire, from West Germanic *frumjan “forward movement, advancement” (cf. Old High German frumjan “to do, execute, provide”), from Proto-Germanic *fram- “forwards” (see from). Meaning “to provide” (something) is from 1520s. Related: Furnished; furnishing.

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