FURL

 Dictionary entry overview: What does furl mean? 

• FURL (verb)
  The verb FURL has 1 sense:

1. form into a cylinder by rolling

  Familiarity information: FURL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURL (verb)

Meaning:

Form into a cylinder by rolling

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

furl; roll up

Context example:

Roll up the cloth

Hypernyms (to "furl" is one way to...):

change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "furl"):

douse (lower quickly)

reef (roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area)

bolt (make or roll into bolts)

gather in; take in (fold up)

brail (take in a sail with a brail)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something