Furred

//fɜːd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of fur form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having fur.
  2. 2
    Made with fur.
  3. 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 skin the faintly furred matt surface of pickled virginity."

  4. 4
    Coated as if with fur
  5. 5
    Coated as if with fur; especially, of a tongue having a coating consisting chiefly of mucus and dead epithelial cells.
Adjective
  1. 1
    covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
furryhairy

Example

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"Badgers are born blind, furred, and helpless."

Related phrases

brush-furred mouselong-furred

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