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# furnish

verb (furnish, furnishes, furnished, furnishing)

«furnish» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To put furniture in a room or house: They furnished the bedroom. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x1)
- The holiday house was fully furnished. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x2)
- Please furnish us with your address. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x3)
- They furnished the classroom with new desks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x4)
- It costs a lot to furnish a whole house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/#x5)
- The library furnished the pupils with books. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

"Furnish liberally" means to give generously, supplying a freed servant with a share of one's flock, grain and wine. In Jeremiah, "furnish thyself" means to get ready, packing one's belongings to go into exile.

**Interpretation.** The law teaches that when a Hebrew servant goes free, the master must send him away with generous gifts, so he does not leave empty-handed. Jeremiah's words warn Egypt that it will not escape but must prepare for captivity.

### Examples

- thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. (Torah DEU.15.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/furnish/#x1)
- O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Noph shall become a desolation, and shall be laid waste, without inhabitant. (Prophets JER.46.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/furnish/#x2)

### 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».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «furnish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furnish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «furnish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/furnish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«furnish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/furnish.html) on Mova free.