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 Definitions of fur  [ɜr]  

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Definition of 'fur' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) fur
the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.

2.  fur
the skin of certain animals, as minks or beavers, covered with this, used for garments, trimmings, etc.

3.  fur
a garment made of fur.

4.  fur
any coating resembling or suggesting fur, as certain matter on the tongue.

5. (adj.) fur
of, pertaining to, or dealing in fur, animal skins, dressed pelts, etc.:
a fur coat; a fur trader.

6. (v.t.) fur
to line, face, or trim with fur.

7.  fur
to apply furring to (a wall, ceiling, etc.).

8.  fur
to clothe (a person) with fur.

9.  fur
to coat with foul or deposited matter.

10.  fur
to cause a disturbance.

11.  fur
to do something quickly.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME furre der. of furren to trim with fur < AF, OF sheath < Gmc)

Definition of 'fur' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) fur, pelt
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

2. (noun) fur
dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

3. (noun) fur
a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal


Definition of 'fur' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) fur
thick hair on an animal
the bear's thick brown fur

2.  fur
the hair and skin of an animal used to make clothing
a fur coat


Definition of 'fur' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) fur
of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade

2. (noun) fur
the short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser

3. (noun) fur
the skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs

4. (noun) fur
strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament

5. (noun) fur
articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.)

6. (noun) fur
any coating considered as resembling fur

7. (noun) fur
a coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever

8. (noun) fur
the soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach

9. (noun) fur
the deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water

10. (noun) fur
one of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six

11. (verb) fur
to line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes

12. (verb) fur
to cover with morbid matter, as the tongue

13. (verb) fur
to nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp


Translation of 'fur' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the thick, short, fine hair of certain animals.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pels Arabic flag Arabic: فَرْو Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: козина
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pele Czech flag Czech: srst German flag German: der Pelz
Danish flag Danish: pels Greek flag Greek: τρίχωμα Spanish flag Spanish: pelo, pelaje
Estonian flag Estonian: karvkate Farsi flag Farsi: موی نرم Finnish flag Finnish: karvapeite
French flag French: poil, pelage Hebrew flag Hebrew: פַּרווָה Hindi flag Hindi: बाल
Croatian flag Croatian: krzno, dlaka Hungarian flag Hungarian: szőr(zet), bunda Indonesian flag Indonesian: bulu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: feldur Italian flag Italian: pelo, pelliccia Japanese flag Japanese: 柔かい毛
Korean flag Korean: (포유 동물의) 부드러운 털 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kailis Latvian flag Latvian: spalva; vilna
Malay flag Malay: bulu Dutch flag Dutch: vacht Norwegian flag Norwegian: pels(verk), skinnfell
Polish flag Polish: futro Persian flag Persian: موی نرم Pashto flag Pashto: پت لرونكى پوست لكه دګيدړى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pele Romanian flag Romanian: blană; piele Russian flag Russian: шерсть
Slovak flag Slovak: srsť Slovenian flag Slovenian: dlaka Serbian flag Serbian: krzno
Swedish flag Swedish: päls Thai flag Thai: ขนสัตว์ Turkish flag Turkish: post
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 軟毛 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: хутро Urdu flag Urdu: اون، پشم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lông mao; lông thú Chinese flag Chinese: 软毛

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