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fur¹
- /fɜː/ Australia, UK
- /fəː/ British, Southern, Standard
- /fɝ/ Canada, US
- /fʌɾ/ Scotland
- /føː/ New Zealand, Wales
- /feː/
- /fɛː/
Sounds like fir (fern–fir–fur merger), fair, fare (both fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ), -ʌr
Where it comes from
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.
noun furs
- 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. November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar wrapped up in my furs
- A thick pile of fabric.
- The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
- The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
- 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. "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
- Human body hair, especially when abundant.
- Pubic hair.
- Sexual attractiveness.
verb furs · furring · furred
- To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
- To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating. The college water supply was practically undrinkable because of its salinity and the pipes furred up so rapidly that they had to be replaced every few years.
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To level a surface by applying furring to it.
Similar: fur out
fur²
conjunction
- Pronunciation spelling of for
preposition
- Pronunciation spelling of for A’most the moment as she lighted heer, all so desolate, she found (as she believed) a friend; a decent woman as spoke to her about the needle-work as she had been brought up to do, about finding plenty of it fur her, about a lodging fur the night, and making secret inquiration concerning of me and a
Fur³
noun Furs · Fur
- A member of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.
proper noun
- The language of this people.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pelt, pelage, buff, leather, skin, hair, coat, peeling, wrap, oven, shovel, orn, furnace, kiln, sable, mink
Translations
Every language
noun hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
| Español | pelo, pelaje |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 모피 mopi |
| 日本語 | 毛皮 kegawa |
| 中文 | 毛皮 máopí |
| हिन्दी | रोआँ roā̃, ऊर्णाजिन ūrṇājin, पशम paśam |
| Kiswahili | unyoya |
| Português | pelo, pelagem |
| Français | fourrure |
| Deutsch | Fell, Pelz, Behaarung |
| Italiano | pelliccia, vello |
| Ελληνικά | γούνα goúna |
| Română | blană |
| Русский | мех mex, шерсть šerstʹ, шку́ра škúra |
| Tiếng Việt | lông |
| العربية | فَرْو farw |
| עברית | פרווה, פַּרְוָה parvá |
noun hairy skin processed to serve as clothing
| Español | piel |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | unyoya |
| Português | pele |
| Deutsch | Pelz |
| Italiano | pelliccia |
| Română | blană |
| Русский | мех mex, пушни́на pušnína |
| العربية | مِعْطَف miʕṭaf, ثَوْبٌ مُفَرًّى ṯawbun mufarran |
noun layer of epithelial debris
| Kiswahili | unyoya |
|---|
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