Meaning

2 senses

  1. To heat in a furnace.

  2. To exhale like a furnace.

Examples

17 sentences

  1. Tom went down to the basement to see what was wrong with the furnace.

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  2. Stefan put the furnace to its max setting.

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  3. The heat of the furnace warmed the whole house.

    ruВесь дом обогревался одной печью. — sharptoothed

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  4. I am the time and place beyond the furnace.

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  5. I left my toolbox in the basement next to the furnace.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English forneys, borrowed from Old French fornais, from Latin fornāx

Inherited from Middle English forneys, borrowed from Old French fornais, from Latin fornāx.

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Forms

furnaces, furnacing, furnaced, furnaced
Base formfurnace · to furnace
3rd person singularfurnaces
Present participlefurnacing
Past simplefurnaced
Past participlefurnaced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfurnace
he, she, itfurnaces

Past simpleLesson

all personsfurnaced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave furnaced
he, she, ithas furnaced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill furnace

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
furiousB2furiouslyB2furloughfurnishB1furnishingfurnitureA2
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