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.
