furnish 
fur·nish (fʉr′nis̸h)
transitive verb
- to supply, provide, or equip with whatever is necessary or useful; esp., to put furniture into (a room, apartment, etc.)
- to supply; provide; give to furnish information
Etymology: ME furnishen < extended stem of OFr furnir (Fr fournir) < Frank *frumjan (akin to OE framian, Ger frommen, to benefit), caus. < *fruma (akin to ON frami, profit): for IE base see from
furnish
v.
To supply necessities
supply, provide, outfit, fit out, equip, stock, appoint, arm; see also provide 1.To equip with furniture
appoint, decorate, fit, make habitable, do interior decorating.
furnish implies the provision of all the things requisite for a particular service, action, etc. to furnish a house; to equip is to furnish with what is requisite for efficient action a car equipped with overdrive; to outfit is to equip completely with the articles needed for a specific undertaking, occupation, etc. to outfit a hunting expedition; 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; 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
Object
- apartment: Newly built, well furnished 3 bedroom apartment with a community swimming pool set in Europe's largest urbanization.
- bedroom: There is a comfortable fully furnished bedroom with two single beds.
- lounge: The quiet lounge furnished with antiques is often a refuge for writing letters or reading the morning paper.
- fabric: Today the use of silk in furnishing fabrics is also popular.
- bungalow: Comfortably furnished the bungalow has a rear, sunny sheltered enclosed lawned garden.
- cottage: The accommodation is in attractive, simply furnished wooden cottages, often with a boat included.
Preposition: with
- antique: The quiet lounge furnished with antiques is often a refuge for writing letters or reading the morning paper.
- sofa: The lounge is of generous proportions and is fully furnished with modern black leather sofas and wide screen TV.
- settee: It is comfortably furnished with settees, armchairs, a changing room plus an array of children's ' books.
- lounger: The bungalows have a fridge and a front deck furnished with comfortable loungers.
- armchair: The dark paneled lounge furnished with low back armchairs looks out onto the large gardens.
- furniture: Each room is furnished with typical study bedroom furniture.
Modifying Another Word
- comfortably: The Barn: Each bedroom is comfortably furnished with double or twin beds.
- tastefully: All rooms are tastefully furnished to a high standard.
- attractively: The Black Boys Hotel has four newly decorated en-suite double bedrooms all attractively furnished in traditional style with modern comforts.
- elegantly: You can expect an elegantly furnished restaurant with many quiet recesses.
- beautifully: Three Beautifully furnished sitting rooms with soft red brick fire places.
- luxuriously: This 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom villa has been luxuriously furnished.
Preposition: in
You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.
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