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Definition fur

Etymology 1

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *f?dar, from Proto-Germanic *f?dr? (“sheath”) (compare Old English f?dor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic ???? (f?dr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?-, *poh?- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemu? (“protection”), Ancient Greek ??? (pôu, “flock”), ???? (pôma, “lid”), ?????? (poim?n, “shepherd”), Old Armenian ?????? (hawran, “herd, flock”), Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit ???? (p?ti, “he watches, protects”).

The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line; stuff; fill”), from the noun.

Noun

fur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)

1. The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
2. The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
3. A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
4. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
   1. A thick pile of fabric.
   2. The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
   3. The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
   4. The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
5. (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
6. (hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
7. A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
8. (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
9. (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.

Verb

fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)

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, construction) To level a surface by applying furring to it.

Etymology 2

Conjunction

fur

1. Pronunciation spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.

Preposition

fur

1. Pronunciation spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.

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