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Noun furlough has 1 sense
- furlough - a temporary leave of absence from military duty
--1 is a kind of leave, leave of absence
Verb furlough has 2 senses
- furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
--1 is one way to fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- furlough - grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"
--2 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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