Furl

Definition: Furl

Furl

Verb

1. Form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth".

Date "furl" was first used: 1556. (references)

Note: Furl \Furl\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Furld; present participle verb or noun Furling.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Transportation	Roll up or gather and lash a sail and secure it to its yard or boom. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Furl

Synonym: roll up (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Rotation	Roll up, furl; wallow, welter; box the compass; spin like a top, spin like a teetotum.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Furl

English words defined with "furl": Farl, Furld, Furling ♦ To take in. (references)

Specialty definitions using "furl": Hand the Sail. (references)

Etymologies containing "furl": Farl, Furdle. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A Furl of Fairy Wind (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table summarizes the usage of "furl" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Furl	Last name	130	57,190
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "furl"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ul (abase, cast down, cheapen, couch, decline, depress, disparage, drop, embus, humble, incline, keep down, knock off, land, lower, modulate, pull down, reduce, scale down, seat, sink, strike, subdue, subside, throw, turn down, untuck), palosje (fillister, folding, tuck), palos (double, double up, flatten, fold, turn back, turn down), mbyllje (closing, closure, committal, conclusion, confinement, enclosure, entombment, finality, impoundment, imprisonment, inclosure, locking, obturation, occlusion, offishness, shutdown, windup), mbyll (bung, calk, caulk, close, close up, commit, confine, crib, dry up, encase, enclose, encompass, end, entomb, fasten, glue up, hush up, impound, inclose, key, lap, obturate, occlude, pen, screw on, seal, shut, shut down, shut up, shutter, stop, stop up, stuff, suffuse, turn off, wind up, wrap up), mbledhje (accumulation, addition, assemblage, assembly, clearing, collection, congregation, contraction, convocation, council, erection, gathering, Ingathering, meeting, muster, picking, proceedings, rally, reaping, retraction, round up, session, shrinkage, sitting, squat, summation, turn out), mbledh (accumulate, add, add together, assemble, bank, brush up, call in, call together, cast, cast up, clench, collate, collect, compile, compress, congregate, convene, convoke, draw, dredge, drum up, focus, fold, fund, gather, get together, group, herd, impound, kilt, levy, lift, make up, pack, pick, pick off, pick up, pool, rally, reap, round up, scoop up, shut, sweep, take, total, totalize). (various references)

Arabic		‏لفة (coil, curl, roll, twist), ‏لف (coil, cover, curl, encompass, enfold, envelop, enwrap, fold up, infold, lap, reel, roll up, rolling, spool, surround, swaddle, swathe, twine, twist, whirl, wind, winding, wrap, wrap up). (various references)

Bulgarian		събирам (accumulate, add, add together, add up, aggregate, amass, assemble, bring together, call forth, call together, club, collect, compile, congregate, cumulate, drum up, embody, enlist, foot, garner, gather, get together, harvest, lump, lump together, mass, muster, muster up, pin down, pull together, punch, raise, rake, rake together, rake up, rally, reassemble, reunite, round up, run up, scare up, sum, sum up, swoop, total, totalize, whip in), навивам (coil, curl, expend, fake, lap, quill, roll, roll up, scroll, set, take up, tuck, tuck up, wind, wind up). (various references)

Czech		svinout (coil up, involve, take in). (various references)

Danish		beslå. (various references)

Dutch		opdoeken (dispense with, do away with, get rid of, remove). (various references)

Finnish		kääriä kokoon (roll up). (various references)

French		ferler. (various references)

German		aufrollen (coil, coil up, go into, reel off, roll, roll up, to furl, turn up, uncoil, unfurl, unroll, unwind, wind up). (various references)

Greek		μαζεύω (collect, gather, marsh, mass, muster, pick, pick up, rasie an army, shrink, wipe up). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�'לול (interwind, roll, unreel, unwind, wrap). (various references)

Hungarian		tekercs (coil, convolution, piece, reel, roll, spool), göngyöleg (empties, envelope, roll, swathing, torse, web, wrapper, wrapping). (various references)

Indonesian		mengikat (bind, tie), menggulungkan (reef, roll up for, wind for). (various references)

Italian		serrare (bolt, clasp, clench, close, jam, lock, lock oneself, oppress, press, press hard upon, shut, squeeze, tighten), chiudere (balance, bar, cancel, close, enclose, end, inclose, lock, put down, restrict, seal, shut, shut up, switch off, to close, turn off, turn out, wind up, withdraw), ammainare (strike). (various references)

Manx		filley (braid, collapse, corrugate, crease, crinkle, double, double up, entwine, fold, fold up, jackknife, lap, plait, ply, roll up, turn up, wrap). (various references)

Pig Latin		urlfay

Portuguese		ferrar pano, rolo (coil, coil pipe, platen, roll, rolling pin, roly-poly, spool), enrolar (coil, convolute, convolve, crisp, curl, hank, lap, lap up, roll, roll up, twirl, twist, wind up, wrap, wrap up), enrolamento (convolution, meander), dobrar (bend, bow, curve, double, flex, fold, hinge, quill), desfraldar (spread, spread out, unfurl, unroll). (various references)

Romanian		strânge pânzele, se strânge (bank up, close, collect, convolve, cuddle, curl up, draw, flock, herd, jam, join, mass, mob, nuzzle, pack, pile up, snuggle, squash, squeeze, straiten), se depãrta (depart, drop, flit, recede, stray), se înfãşura (convolve, fold, lap), înfãşura (braid, coil, convolve, enfold, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, fold, lap, muffle, pack, parcel, roll, swathe, twine, wind, wrap), închide (bar, block, bolt, cage, chest, clap up, clasp, clench, close, closet, comprise, confine, contain, crib, darken, embay, enclose, fasten, girdle, half-shut, heal, hem, impound, imprison, include, lock, occlude, seal, shut, shut down, shut in, shut the works down, stopper). (various references)

Russian		убирать (clear, clear away, clear out, put away, remove, take away, tidy up), складывать зонтик, свертываться (clabber, cloth, coagulate, coil, convolve, posset), свертывать (coagulate, convolve, roll into, roll up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		saviti (bend, buckle, camber, curl, flex, fold, inflect, recurve). (various references)

Spanish		recogido (converging), recoger (bring in, catch, collect, fold, garner, gather, gather in, gather up, get, get in, glean, harvest, lay hold of, lift, pick, pick up, rake in, reap, reclaim, repossession, scavenge, scoop up, secure, take, take in, take up), aferrar las velas, aferrar (grapple, grasp), aferrado. (various references)

Swedish		rulla ihop (coil up, curl up, roll up, scroll), beslå (cover, fit with metal, Mount). (various references)

Thai		สิ่งที่เป็นม้วน หรือเป็นพับ, การพับ, ม้วน (coil, reel, roll). (various references)

Turkish		toplamak (accumulate, add, add together, add up, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, beat up, bring together, build, call in, cast up, clear away, club, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, congest, congregate, consolidate, convene, cull, fold down back, gather, gather up, glean, hand-pick, harvest, heap up, herd, hive, hive up, hoard, huddle, impound, lay up, levy, mass, muster, pack, pick, pick up, pluck, raise, rake together, rally, reckon up, recover, recruit, reunite, round up, scoop up, smarten up, sum up, summon, summon up, tot up, total, totalize, treasure, treasure up, turn out), sarmak (bandage, begird, beset, bind, bundle, cincture, clothe, coat, cocoon, coil, coil up, compass, do up, embrace, encircle, enclasp, encompass, enfold, enlace, entwine, entwist, envelop, enwrap, fold, fold up, gird, hem about, hem around, hem in, infold, intwine, invest, involve, lap, overgrow, pack, reel, reel up, robe, roll, roll up, sheet, smother in, stalk, strap, surround, swaddle, swathe, tuck in, tuck up, twine, twist, whirl, wind, wind up, wrap, wrap up), kapatmak (ante up, buy up, cap, clear, close, close down, close up, cloud, cover, enclose, impound, incarcerate, inclose, intern, interrupt, liquidate, obturate, occlude, put up, seal, seal off, shut, shut down, shut off, shut to, shut up, switch off, wall). (various references)

Ukrainian		згорток (roll, scroll), згортатися (convolve), згортати (belay, convolve, enrol, enroll, fold, roll up), згортання (convolution). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	circumlegentes, lecta, lectae, lectis, lecto, lectum, lecturi, lectus, legant, legatur, lege, legebant, legebantur, legebat, legebatur, legens, legentem, legentes, legentibus, legentium, legere, legeris, legerit, legerunt, leges, legesque, leget, legetque, legi, legis, legissent, legisset, legisti, legistis, legit, legite, legitque, legitur, seceleg. (various references)
Middle French	1400-1600	ferler. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "furl": furlable, furled, furler, furlers, furless, furling, furlong, furlongs, furlough, furloughed, furloughing, furloughs, furls. (additional references)
	Words ending with "furl": unfurl. (additional references)
	Words containing "furl": unfurled, unfurling, unfurls. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Furl" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aurl, eurl, Farla, farlo, ferl, firl, foirl, forel, foril, forl, Forli, frrl, fru, frul, frup, frux, fucl, fugl, fugly, fugr, fuhr, Fuhri, fura, furb, furg, furh, furi, furill, furk, furlo, Furn, furr, furt, furu, furz, gurl, jurl, kurl, rurl, turl, ufl, url. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words ending with "url": Nurl. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "f-l-r-u"
	-1 letter: flu, fur.
	Words containing the letters "f-l-r-u"
	+1 letter: flour, fluor, furls.
	+2 letters: armful, artful, carful, earful, ferula, ferule, fleury, flours, floury, fluors, flurry, fluter, fouler, frugal, fueler, fulcra, fuller, fulmar, furled, furler, ireful, jarful, purfle, reflux, refuel, rueful, ruffle, ruffly, sulfur, unfurl.
	+3 letters: armfuls, armsful, bluffer, brimful, careful, carfuls, dareful, direful, earfuls, fabular, facular, failure, fearful, ferrule, ferulae, ferulas, feruled, ferules, fibular, figural, flaneur, flareup, flavour, flexure, floruit, floured, flouter, flubber, flueric, flukier, flunker, fluoric, fluorid, fluorin, flusher, fluster, fluters, flutier, flutter, forkful, formful, formula, foulard, frenula, fretful, fuelers, fueller, fulcrum, fullers, fullery, fulmars, fumbler, funeral, furcula, furlers, furless, furling, furlong, furrily, futural, gruffly, gulfier, harmful, hurtful, jarfuls, jarsful, lucifer, muffler, odorful, ourself, purfled, purfles, rackful, refuels, refusal, refutal, restful, roomful, ruffled, ruffler, ruffles, ruthful, sulfurs, sulfury, tearful, trayful, truffle, unfurls.
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