fur

Definition:
1. The soft thick mass of hair that grows on the body of some animals.
2. The dressed hairy coat of a mammal.
3. Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel).

Use 'fur' in a sentence:

• 1. The fur will really fly over this.
• 2. This fur coat is a bit expensive, but you get your money's worth.
• 3. Canada produces wheat and furs.
• 4. Fur is soft to the touch.
• 5. She bought a fox fur coat for her husband.
• 6. Its fur is short, dense and silky.
• 7. She has replenished a leather [fur] coat recently.
• 8. She was wearing a silver fox fur across her shoulders.
• 9. Three of my veins had furred up and I needed a triple bypass.
• 10. The animal often lives in silk-cotton trees, which bear silk-like fruit pods that match the anteater's fur coat.
• 11. When the organ does appear, it is not only impressive in size, but its bright pink color makes it stand out against the dark fur.
• 12. She was flaunting her new fur coat.
• 13. In lapping up a fur, they always put the inner side outwards.
• 14. She had on a black coat with a fur collar.
• 15. They want to promote guilt free fur.
• 16. Some animals grow thicker fur, or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.
• 17. Women are also wearing fur again.
• 18. Last week's meeting of the 1922 Committee set the fur flying again on the Tory backbenches.
• 19. Nutria were brought there from Argentina by fur farmers and let go into the wild.
• 20. Fifty-five foxes were released from a fur farm by animal rights activists.
• 21. The bear opened its mouth and I grasped its fur, trying to push it away.
• 22. Almost all mammals have fur or hair on their bodies.
• 23. She bit me for a new fur coat.
• 24. The heavy fur on its neck felt like a poodle's. It had the powerful musky smell of a wild animal.
• 25. Raccoons used to be trapped for their fur.
• 26. His fur is light yellow.
• 27. He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush.
• 28. Now it's time to store away your fur coats for the summer.
• 29. It told the woman they were hunted because of their fur which can be used to make sweaters like hers.
• 30. Oxidized cholesterol may be responsible for furring up the arteries.
• 31. Most animals protect themselves from the sun with fur.
• 32. The polar bear's white fur is a natural camouflage.
• 33. Cats are covered with soft fur.
• 34. Some of the fur ends up in the fashion shows like the one in Brooklyn last month.
• 35. She has replenished a leather fur coat recently.
• 36. They were dazed by window displays dripping with diamonds and furs.
• 37. He was wearing a coat with a fur lining.
• 38. They weren't there to throw red paint on fur coat wearing film stars.
• 39. Look at him. Look at that fur, those eyes, that playful grin.
• 40. A cat's fur is soft to the touch.
• 41. There were women in furs and men in comfortable overcoats.
• 42. Darwin also wondered at the origins of the wolves, which were unusually small, and had reddish fur and relatively short jaws.
• 43. Monkeys and apes spend a great deal of time grooming one another's fur.
• 44. Wearing fur has become deeply unfashionable.
• 45. When dog bites dog, each gets a mouthful of fur--usually indicating unjustifiable disputes.
• 46. a fur trader.
• 47. Few substances can equal fur as an insulator.
• 48. The bear had dark eyes, and its scraggly brown fur was dotted with patches of gray.
• 49. We used the seal's fur for coats.
• 50. And meanwhile, they mostly lost their coat of fur.
• 51. The cat has soft white fur.
• 52. A fur coat has more utility in winter than in autumn.
• 53. Unlike the stiff fur of other anteaters, the dwarf anteater's golden hair is very soft and silky.
• 54. This fur coat is expensive.
• 55. There's Righteous Fur and its unusual fashion.
• 56. A cat has silky fur.
• 57. Unusual fashion shows in New Orleans and Brooklyn have showcased nutria fur made into clothes in different styles.
• 58. This creature's fur is short, dense and silky.
• 59. He says it's not easy to convince people that nutria fur is green, but he has no doubt about it.
• 60. We evolved the ability to sweat plentifully, and lost most of our fur.
• 61. A sick person often has fur on his tongue.
• 62. It is brown, but the tips of its fur are silver.
• 63. Wearing fur has become unfashionable.
• 64. He showered her with emeralds and furs.
• 65. The new collections of custom furs around town reveal plenty of folderol, but there are practical things too.
• 66. David is allergic to animal fur, so he won't visit anyone who has cats or dogs in the house.
• 67. The animal is hunted for its fur.
• 68. He could see I meant what I said. So he took his fur coat and left.