Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.

  2. (intransitive)To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.

  3. (transitive)To level a surface by applying furring to it.

Examples

159 sentences

  1. Our cat's fur has lost its luster.

    Хутро нашої кішки загубило свій блиск. — mutternoise

    ruМех нашей кошки утратил свой блеск. — mutternoise

    deDas Fell unserer Katze hat seinen Glanz verloren. — Tamy

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  2. Fur coats are on sale.

    Розпродаж кожухів. — aandrusiak

    dePelzmäntel sind im Sonderangebot. — xtofu80

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  3. The coat is lined with fur.

    ruЭто пальто обито мехом. — Hellerick

    deDieser Mantel hat einen Pelzbesatz. — Tamy

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  4. Mary was wearing a fur coat.

    ruМэри была в шубе. — marafon

    deMaria trug einen Pelzmantel. — wolfgangth

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  5. Tom gave Mary a fur coat.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“case; sheath”), from F

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

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Forms

furs, furring, furred, furred
Base formfur · to fur
3rd person singularfurs
Present participlefurring
Past simplefurred
Past participlefurred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfur
he, she, itfurs

Past simpleLesson

all personsfurred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave furred
he, she, ithas furred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fur

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
fur out

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfurred

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a fur coat
  • fur coat
  • fur coat for
  • buy a fur

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
funnilyfunnyA1furiousB2furiouslyB2furlough
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