furnished

Everyday

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 →

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 Jewish tradition

Here it means supplied or set out, such as a table prepared for a meal, or materials given to a king. In the primary 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

• She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. (Writings PRO.9.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and cypress-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire — that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. (Prophets 1KI.9.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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