fur

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
2. (uncountable) The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
3. (countable) An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
4. (countable) A garment made of fur.
5. (uncountable) A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
6. (uncountable) A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
7. (uncountable) A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
8. (uncountable) A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
9. (countable) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
10. (uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
11. (countable) A furry, a member of the furry fandom.
12. (informal, uncountable) Human body hair, especially when abundant.
13. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Pubic hair.
14. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Sexual attractiveness.

Verb

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.

Conj

Pronunciation spelling of for.

Prep

Pronunciation spelling of for.

Synonyms

hair

wool

pelt

skin

feathers

feather

🪶

coat

🧥

hide

body hair

down

leather

fleece

plumage

shell

🐚

crust

fur coat

rind

nap

bark

scale

pelage

peltry

pile

ruff

scab

tegument

woollen

woolly

animal hair

down feather

pilus

thick hair

Peel

chroma key

hair of animals

body feather

leather goods and furs

yure

riah

and feather

Turkish

🇹🇷

fin and feather

beard

bog moss

bristle

calico

casing

cover

deposit

dime

Translations

fourrure

pelliccia

Pelz

piel

Fell

pelage

pelo

pele

pelaje

γούνα

peau

pels

pell

bont

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɜː(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: furre

Cognate with Old English: fōdor

Cognate with Dutch: voering

Cognate with German: Futter

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂

Cognate with Lithuanian: piemuō

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πῶυ

Cognate with Classical Armenian: հօրան

Cognate with Northern Kurdish: pawan

Cognate with Sanskrit: पाति

Inherited from Middle English: furren

In summary

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 πῶυ (pôu, “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.