furnish

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɝnɪʃ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːnɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪʃ Hyphenation: fur‧nish === Noun === furnish (plural furnishes) Material used to create an engineered product. === Verb === furnish (third-person singular simple present furnishes, present participle furnishing, simple past and past participle furnished) (transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or give (something). (transitive, figuratively) To supply (somebody) with something. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== furniture ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “furnish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “furnish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “furnish”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.