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FURL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form into a cylinder by rolling

Example:

Roll up the cloth

Synonyms:

furl; roll up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "furl" is one way to...):

change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)

Verb group:

roll; roll up (show certain properties when being rolled)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "furl"):

douse (lower quickly)

reef (roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area)

bolt (make or roll into bolts)

gather in; take in (fold up)

brail (take in a sail with a brail)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something

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