Furl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To roll up and secure (a flag or sail, for example) to something else.
  • verb-intransitive. To be or become rolled up.
  • n. The act or an instance of rolling up.
  • n. A single roll or a rolled section.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, and fasten by a gasket or cord; draw up or draw into close compass, as a flag.
  • To ruffle.
  • n. A roll of what is furled.
  • n. The manner of furling (a sail), or the appearance presented when furled: as, a vessel is judged by the furl of the sails.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. form into a cylinder by rolling
  • Verb Form
    furled    furling    furls   
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    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    bolt    douse    reef    take-in    gather in    brail   
    Form
    furled    furling   
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