FURLOUGH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does furlough mean? 

• FURLOUGH (noun)
  The noun FURLOUGH has 1 sense:

1. a temporary leave of absence from military duty

  Familiarity information: FURLOUGH used as a noun is very rare.

• FURLOUGH (verb)
  The verb FURLOUGH has 2 senses:

1. dismiss, usually for economic reasons

2. grant a leave to

  Familiarity information: FURLOUGH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURLOUGH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A temporary leave of absence from military duty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("furlough" is a kind of...):

leave; leave of absence (the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty)

Derivation:

furlough (grant a leave to)

• FURLOUGH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they furlough    ... he / she / it furloughs   
Past simple: furloughed   
Past participle: furloughed   
-ing form: furloughing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dismiss, usually for economic reasons

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

furlough; lay off

Context example:

She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized

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

can; dismiss; displace; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)

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

downsize (dismiss from work)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Grant a leave to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children

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

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

furlough (a temporary leave of absence from military duty)