furnished

«furnished» in Mova's school dictionary: Having furniture in it (a furnished flat) — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past of «furnish»: furnish, furnishes, furnished, furnishing); adjective (furnished)

meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Having furniture in it (a furnished flat). tree →

2) Put furniture in a room or building. tree →

3) (formal) Gave or supplied something that is needed (furnished us with information). tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, renting a furnished or unfurnished home; in stories, a richly furnished room. Formal exam language: «furnished with details». Phrases: «fully furnished», «furnished with», «sparsely furnished».

examples

• They rented a furnished flat with beds and a sofa. tree →
• The room was furnished with old wooden chairs. tree →
• The cottage is fully furnished. tree →
• (formal) The teacher furnished us with a map. tree →
• The castle hall was richly furnished. tree →
• They furnished the new house slowly. tree →
• Then he went on through richly-furnished chambers, over mosaic floors, amid gorgeous pictures. tree →

note

Opposite: unfurnished. Noun «furniture» (uncountable — «some furniture», not «furnitures»); «furnishings» = furniture, curtains, carpets. Formal «furnish someone WITH something».

In the corpora

• Hard bare walls bounce sound back, while soft curtains, carpets and sofas soak it up, so a furnished room hardly echoes.
• She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «furnished» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.