Furl

/fɝl/

Synonyms for "furl" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Verb(1 words)
roll up
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (3)

Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
reef architecture types

Related words (6)

Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
wrap up

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries
change formchange shapedeformtransitive verbverb

More specific

2 entries
flag furlingsail furling

Collocations

6 entries

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

similar

2 entries
rollroll up

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We furl the sails, and shoreward row amain. / Eastward the harbour arches, scarce descried. / Two jutting rocks, by billows lashed in vain, / stretch out their arms the narrow mouth to hide. / Far back the temple stands, and seems to shun the tide.

Source: tatoeba (7242968)

With the landless gull, that at sunset folds her wings and is rocked to sleep between billows; so at nightfall, the Nantucketer, out of sight of land, furls his sails, and lays him to his rest, while under his very pillow rush herds of walruses and whales.

Source: wiktionary

When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole.

Source: wiktionary

"'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen."

Source: wiktionary

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