fur
The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
Noun 4 meanings
The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
“During the colonial period, Britain used Canada as a major source of furs.”
A garment made of fur.
“November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar wrapped up in my furs”
Verb 3 meanings
To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
To level a surface by applying furring to it.
Etymology
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”).
FUR at a glance
FUR has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (F 4 + U 1 + R 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,682 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fur
All rhymes- SULFUR9
- FURFUR12
- ANTIFUR10
- UNDERFUR12
- DESULFUR12
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