fur.
The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
Meaning & usage
The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
During the colonial period, Britain used Canada as a major source of furs.
A garment made of fur.
A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance. A thick pile of fabric.
A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance. The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance. The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance. The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
A furry, a member of the furry fandom.
Human body hair, especially when abundant.
Pubic hair.
Sexual attractiveness.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdrą Frankish *fōdrbor. Anglo-Norman fuerrebor. Middle English furre English fur From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶῠ̈ (pôŭ̈, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”). The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.
To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
To level a surface by applying furring to it.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *fōdrą Frankish *fōdrbor. Anglo-Norman fuerrebor. Middle English furre English fur From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶῠ̈ (pôŭ̈, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”). The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.
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