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furled

furled is the simple past and past participle of furl.

Meaning of furl

Verb

furl (third-person singular simple present furls, present participle furling, simple past and past participle furled)

  1. (transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
    • 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.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 14, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 71

Words that rhyme with furled

Questions about furled

What is furled the simple past and past participle of?
Furled is the simple past and past participle of furl.

Words near furled in the dictionary

  1. furlable
  2. Furlan
  3. furlana
  4. furlanas
  5. Furlans
  6. furled
  7. furler
  8. furlers
  9. furless
  10. furlessness
  11. furligig

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