Fur Definition

fûr
furred, furring, furs
noun
furs
The soft, thick hair covering the body of many mammals.
Webster's New World
A skin bearing such hair, when stripped and processed for making, lining, or trimming garments; dressed pelt.
Webster's New World
Any garment, neckpiece, trimming, etc. made of such skins.
Webster's New World
A coating similar to the pelt of a mammal.
American Heritage
Any furlike or fuzzy coating, as diseased matter on the tongue in illness.
Webster's New World
verb
furred, furring
To become coated with a deposit.
Webster's New World
To line, cover, make, or trim with fur.
Webster's New World
To provide fur garments for.
American Heritage
To coat with any smooth, furlike deposit.
Webster's New World
To use furring in constructing (a floor, wall, etc.)
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Furlong(s)
Webster's New World
adjective
Of or having to do with fur.
Webster's New World
pronoun

One of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.

Wiktionary
The language of this people.
Wiktionary
idiom
make the fur fly
  • to cause dissension or fighting
  • to accomplish much quickly
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Fur

Noun

Singular:
fur
Plural:
furs

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fur

Origin of Fur

  • Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer (“to stuff, line, fill”), from fuerre (“sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą 'sheath' (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- 'to protect' (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek pōy 'flock', pōma 'lid', ποιμήν (poimēn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Kurdish pawan 'to watch over', Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”), pātram 'container').

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English furre probably from furren to line with fur from Old French forrer from forre, fuerre sheath, lining of Germanic origin pā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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