Furnishing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
furnishing
    n 1: (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel [syn:
         {furnishing}, {trappings}]
    2: (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and
       appliances and other movable accessories including curtains
       and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
    3: the act of decorating a house or room
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Furnish \Fur"nish\ (f[^u]r"n[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Furnished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furnishing}.] [OF. furnir,
   fornir, to furnish, finish, F. fournir; akin to Pr. formir,
   furmir, fromir, to accomplish, satisfy, fr. OHG. frumjan to
   further, execute, do, akin to E. frame. See {Frame}, v. t.,
   and {-ish}.]
   1. To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate;
      to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as,
      to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with
      arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind
      with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles;
      to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
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            That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
            furnished
            unto all good works.                  --2 Tim. iii.
                                                  17,
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   2. To offer for use; to provide (something); to give
      (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry:
      to furnish arms for defense.
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            Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering
            unto that number.                     --Is. lxv. 11.
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            His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs
            that he was not a man of strong sense. --Macaulay.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "furnishing":
      accouterment, adaptation, adjustment, armament, catering,
      chandlery, conditioning, enablement, endowment, equipment, finding,
      fit, fitting, fitting out, furnishment, investment, logistics,
      outfitting, preparation, procurement, providing, provision,
      provisioning, purveyance, qualification, reinforcement,
      replenishment, resupply, retailing, selling, subsidization,
      subsidy, subvention, supply, supplying, tuning, victualing

    

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