The meaning of FURNISH is to provide with what is needed; especially : to equip with furniture. How to use furnish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Furnish.

FURNISH definition: to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc. See examples of furnish used in a sentence.

Phrasal verb furnish someone with something (Definition of furnish from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

If you furnish a room or building, you put furniture and furnishings into it. Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques.

To provide (what is needed or desired): furnished the snacks for the party. b. To provide furniture for: furnish a room. c. To provide something necessary or desired to; equip: furnished the …

If you provide something needed, you furnish it. You can furnish an answer to a question in an interview, furnish the snacks at a party, or furnish a room by filling it with couches and chairs.

Furnish, appoint, equip all refer to providing something necessary. Furnish emphasizes the idea of providing necessary or customary services or appliances in living quarters: to furnish board; a …

To provide furniture for: furnish a room. c. To provide something necessary or desired to; equip: furnished the students with pens. 2. To have as an available or desirable feature: a courtyard …

Dec 14, 2025 · furnish (third-person singular simple present furnishes, present participle furnishing, simple past and past participle furnished) (transitive) To provide a place with …

Definition of furnish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.