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Fur is defined as the hair on a mammal's body or strips of this material.

(noun)

An example of fur is the hair on a bear.

The definition of fur is made with or having to do with the hair of a mammal's body.

(adjective)

An example of fur used as an adjective is in the phrase "fur coat," which means a coat made with a mammal's body hair.

Fur means to trim, cover or coat with a mammal's body hair.

(verb)

An example of fur is to trim a coat with mink.
An example of fur is for a dog to shed on the couch.

See fur in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the soft, thick hair covering the body of many mammals
a skin bearing such hair, when stripped and processed for making, lining, or trimming garments; dressed pelt
any garment, neckpiece, trimming, etc. made of such skins
any furlike or fuzzy coating, as diseased matter on the tongue in illness

Origin: ME furre, prob. contr. < furrure, fur lining or blanket OFr fourrure < fuerre, sheath, lining < Frank *fodr, akin to Ger futter < IE base *po-, to tend flocks, cover, protect > Gr poimēn, Sans pālá-, shepherd

adjective

of or having to do with fur

transitive verb furred, furring

to line, cover, make, or trim with fur
to coat with any smooth, furlike deposit
to use furring in constructing (a floor, wall, etc.)

intransitive verb

to become coated with a deposit

furlong(s)

See fur in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The thick coat of soft hair covering the skin of a mammal, such as a fox or beaver.
The hair-covered, dressed pelt of such a mammal, used in the making of garments and as trimming or decoration.
A garment made of or lined with the dressed pelt of a mammal.
A coating similar to the pelt of a mammal.

transitive verb furred furred, fur·ring, furs