FURNISHING

furnishing

(noun) the act of providing a house or room with furniture and other removable items such as shelves, carpets, appliances, etc.

furnishing

(noun) (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable

furnishing, trappings

(noun) (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

furnishing

present participle of furnish

Noun

furnishing (plural furnishings)

(chiefly, in the plural) Furniture, fittings, and other detachable accessories.

(of an animal, in the plural) A portion of longer hair within the coat of a dog, rabbit, etc.

Source: Wiktionary

FURNISH

Fur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Furnishing.] Etym: [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. That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Tim. iii. 17,

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. Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering unto that number. Is. lxv. 11. His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense. Macaulay.

Fur"nish, n.

Definition: That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [Obs.] Greene.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition