Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Bearing fur.
- adjective Made, covered, or trimmed with fur.
- adjective Wearing fur garments.
- adjective Covered or coated as if with fur.
- adjective Provided with furring, as a wall, ceiling, or floor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Provided or covered with fur or something resembling it: as, a furred robe; a furred tongue.
- Made or become thick and coarse, as vocal sounds.
- Fitted with a kind of partition made with furring-strips, as an outer wall of masonry. The lath and plaster work are secured to the furring-strips and so are not exposed to the dampness of the wall.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
fur . - adjective Having
fur . - adjective Made with fur.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
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Examples
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Why do all things have the same flavor when one's tongue is "furred" by fever?
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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He meant to say domestic animals, such as furred and feathered game, not wild animals which abound in tropical regions, and with which they were not likely to have to do.
Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery Jules Verne 1866
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One of the executioners then pulled off a kind of furred tippet which covered her bosom; her modesty taking the alarm, made her start back a few steps; she turned pale, and burst into tears.
The Pacha of Many Tales Frederick Marryat 1820
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One of the executioners then pulled off a kind of furred tippet which covered her bosom; her modesty taking the alarm, made her start back a few steps; she turned pale and burst into tears.
The Pacha of Many Tales Frederick Marryat 1820
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He bit my shoulder again, harder this time, and I felt the fine brush of his furred hindquarters sliding gently against my skin.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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He had the hind legs of a stag, curved and cloven and furred, a dusky lion tail twitching by the left hock.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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A gray-skinned gorilla-man bounded out of the dark corridor, lifted its furred face toward the crowd, and roared between widespread fangs.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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A gray-skinned gorilla-man bounded out of the dark corridor, lifted its furred face toward the crowd, and roared between widespread fangs.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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They seemed so odd, with their watery eyes, the flatness of their furred heads banging the stalls to draw my attention, their long tongues hanging out, mouths dripping with saliva.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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A gray-skinned gorilla-man bounded out of the dark corridor, lifted its furred face toward the crowd, and roared between widespread fangs.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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