Antonyms for furnish

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fur-nish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜr nɪʃ

Definition of furnish

Origin : 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.

verb decorate, supply
verb give, reveal information

Example sentences :

Would it be the old case of 'I furnish the bread and you furnish the water'?
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

They must serve for potatoes and they have to furnish our meat.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

I was sent among as precious a set of rascals as New York could furnish.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

They furnish forth no real portrait of the dear lady: how could I hope they should?
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Cornell, it is stated, injured his machine to furnish an excuse for the stoppage of the work.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

A village, then, if it be but large enough to furnish an inn?
Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock

Who said, that if we put the money together we could furnish an office, and make a show?'
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Perhaps it would be better not to tell him who is to furnish the money.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

But we're going to furnish publicity to this secluded work of art.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Of the Commodities which that Province may furnish in return for those of Europe.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

Synonyms for furnish

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