fur
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- noun
- /fɜr/
- The cat curled up on the sofa, leaving its fur all over the cushions.
- a fur coat
- fur trade
- fur seal
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Watch on YouTubeGenuinely, I've never felt fur this soft in my life.
- Genuinely, I've never felt fur this soft in my life.
- That's why we don't have fur or fur, fur hair.
- Oh, look at you on this lavender faux fur, Miss things.
- So we just big fur coats the the haha.
Examples
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Blue fox has gradually become the main fur variety in China, and its breeding has developed rapidly.
Academic text (2015) -
My mom got me a fake fur cow print jacket.
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Do you like to feel fur on the back of your neck?
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So the question is, the fur is really soft and awesome.
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It's made with different kinds of fur on the inner side.
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We'd like to keep the fur on our bodies, thank you.
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Genuinely, I've never felt fur this soft in my life.
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"Yes," he said lightly, pushing back his fur hood and shaking out his long hair.
Fiction book (1990) -
They laid on a pink fur rug on the floor.
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"Maybe I shouldn't have been so quick to roll up the furs this morning," he said.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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The hair or fur that covers an animal's body
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An animal skin with the fur still attached
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The coat of hair or fur that covers an animal's body
Compounds
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A large sea mammal with thick fur that lives on the Pacific coast from Alaska to California
A seal with thick fur that lives on rocky Pacific coasts near California and Mexico
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Etymology
The word fur comes from an old French word for 'pelt', the animal skin with hair that people used to make warm clothes. So fur now means both the soft, thick hair of an animal and the warm material or coat made from that hair.