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furred

/fɜːd/US/fɜɹd/

furred is the simple past and past participle of fur.

Adjective

furred (comparative more furred, superlative most furred)

  1. Having fur.
  2. Made with fur.
  3. Having a covering of thin, soft, short hair.
    • She had a lot of dark hair pinned untidily back from a small well-formed brow, and her tilted nose and large embarrassed eyes had survived intact from the mistrusts and agitations of a schoolgirl, which maturity had striven to defeat by lengthening her chin and tightening her lips, while giving her...1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 128
  4. Coated as if with fur
    1. especially, of a tongue having a coating consisting chiefly of mucus and dead epithelial cells.

Meaning of fur

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.
    • The college water supply was practically undrinkable because of its salinity and the pipes furred up so rapidly that they had to be replaced every few years.2015, Tom Michell, The Penguin Lessons
  3. (transitive) To level a surface by applying furring to it.
    Synonyms:
    fur out

See all 19 meanings of fur

Forms of furred

comparativemore furred
superlativemost furred

Words formed from furred

Phrases with furred

Words that rhyme with furred

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Questions about furred

What does furred mean?
Furred means having fur.
What is furred the simple past and past participle of?
Furred is the simple past and past participle of fur.
What part of speech is furred?
Furred is an adjective.
How do you pronounce furred?
Furred is pronounced /fɜːd/ (UK).

Words near furred in the dictionary

  1. furpiles
  2. furpiling
  3. FURPS
  4. furr
  5. Furracabad
  6. furred
  7. furred out
  8. furred up
  9. Furrer
  10. Furrers
  11. furrfu

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