English Explanatory Dictionary

fur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
  2. The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
  3. An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
  4. A garment made of fur.
  5. A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
  6. A thick pile of fabric.
  7. The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
  8. The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
  9. The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
  10. One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
  11. Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
  12. A furry, a member of the furry fandom.
verb
  1. To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
  2. To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
  3. To level a surface by applying furring to it.
conj
  1. Pronunciation spelling of for.
prep
  1. Pronunciation spelling of for.
noun
  1. A member of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.
name
  1. The language of this people.

Pronunciation

/fɜː/ /fɝ/ en-us-fur.ogg /fʌr/ /føː/ /feː/ /fɛː/

Word forms

fur furs furring furred

Etymology

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a 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.

Synonyms

fur out

Derived words

all fur and no knickers all fur coat and no knickers antifur babyfur befur bodyfur cat fur cat-fur defur diaperfur dog fur dogfur everyfur fish fur fox fur fun fur fur baby furbaby furball furbearer furbearing fur-bearing trout fur beetle fur burger fur cap furcap fur coat furcon fur demon furdom furfag furfaggotry furfan fur farm fur-flying furgonomic furgonomics furkid furkind furless furlike furlined furmeet fur pie furpile furriend furrier furry fur seal fursecution furson fursona fursonal fursonality fursonally fursuit furtaker furtaking furternity leave fur trade

Translations

Dutch: voering Esperanto: artefarita pelto Esperanto: artefarita peltaĵo Finnish: karva German: Pelz Spanish: pelaje Spanish: piel Swahili: unyoya
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