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Furl

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intransitive verb. To roll up and secure (a flag or sail, for example) to something else.

intransitive verb. To be or become rolled up.

noun. The act or an instance of rolling up.

noun. A single roll or a rolled section.

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.

noun. A roll of what is furled.

noun. The manner of furling (a sail), or the appearance presented when furled: as, a vessel is judged by the furl of the sails.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. 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.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)

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verb. form into a cylinder by rolling

Word Usage

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cross-reference

to furl a topsail in a body

Form

furled furling

Hypernym

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change form change shape deform

Hyponym

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bolt brail douse gather in reef

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Synonym

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hand stow

verb-form

furled furling furls