fur

noun

/fɜː/UK/fɝ/CA/fʌr/

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.

derived from furrer
inherited from furren
derived from *peh₂-✻
derived from *fōdrą✻ — “sheath”
derived from *fōdr✻
derived from *fōdar✻
derived from forre
inherited from furre

Definitions

The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
3
An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
- During the colonial period, Britain used Canada as a major source of furs.
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1. 4
  A garment made of fur.
  - November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar wrapped up in my furs
2. A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
3. One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
4. Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
5. 8
  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."
6. Human body hair, especially when abundant.
7. Pubic hair.
8. Sexual attractiveness.
9. To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
10. 13
  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.
11. To level a surface by applying furring to it.
12. Pronunciation spelling of for.
13. A member of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.
14. The language of this people.

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Derived

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 · +36 more

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A definitional loop anchored at fur. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at fur

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