Definitions of furl [ɜrl]

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Definition of 'furl'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) furl
to gather into a roll and bind securely, as a sail against a spar or a flag against its staff.

2. (v.i.) furl
to become furled.

3. (n.) furl
the act of furling.

4. furl
something furled.

Etymology: (1550–60; cf. MF ferler in same sense)

Definition of 'furl'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) roll up, furl
form into a cylinder by rolling
"Roll up the cloth"

Definition of 'furl'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) furl
to draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten

Translation of 'furl'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to roll up (a flag, sail or umbrella).
Afrikaans: opvou	Arabic: يَطوي، يَلُف	Bulgarian: свивам
Brazilian: enrolar	Czech: svinout, složit	German: aufrollen
Danish: rulle sammen; lægge samme	Greek: μαζεύω, διπλώνω	Spanish: aferrar (náutica), recoge
Estonian: kokku rullima, kokku pane	Farsi: جمع کردن؛ بستن	Finnish: kääriä
French: ferler (une voile), roule	Hebrew: לְקַפֵּל	Hindi: लपेटना
Croatian: smotati (jedra, zastavu)	Hungarian: összesodor	Indonesian: melipat
Icelandic: brjóta saman, rúlla upp	Italian: ammainare (una bandiera);	Japanese: 巻く
Korean: 감다	Lithuanian: suvynioti, suskleisti	Latvian: (par karogu, buru, lietus
Malay: menggulung	Dutch: oprollen	Norwegian: rulle opp, legge sammen,
Polish: zwinąć	Persian: جمع کردن؛ بستن	Pashto: پيچل، كت کول، تړل.
Portuguese: enrolar	Romanian: a strânge; a înfăşura	Russian: свёртывать
Slovak: zvinúť, zložiť	Slovenian: razviti (jadro), razpeti	Serbian: sklopiti
Swedish: rulla ihop, fälla ihop	Thai: ม้วน	Turkish: sarmak, dürmek
Taiwanese: 收攏	Ukrainian: згортати	Urdu: لپیٹنا
Vietnamese: cuộn lại, cụp lai	Chinese: 收拢
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