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adjective \ ˈfərd \

Definition of furred

1 :lined, trimmed, or faced with fur

2 :coated as if with fur; specifically :having a coating consisting chiefly of mucus and dead epithelial cells

a furred tongue

3 :bearing or wearing fur

4 :provided with furring

furred wall

Examples of furred in a Sentence

a girl who loves all furred animals, from hamsters to bears

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Trappers in North Dakota for years have pressed state wildlife officials to allow otter trapping as the animals have moved into the eastern part of the state from Minnesota, where the member of the furred weasel family is more established.

— Washington Post, "North Dakota may join states that allow otter trapping," 30 Apr. 2017
The Shasta Pack, which had been in southeastern Siskiyou County, California, until about a year ago, consists of a dark-furred breeding pair and their five pups born in spring 2015.

— times-standard, The Mercury News, "California wolf from ‘missing’ Shasta Pack seen in Nevada," 5 Apr. 2017
Typhlomys, also known as the soft-furred tree mouse or Chinese pygmy dormouse, is around three inches long and sports a white-tufted tail longer than its body.

— jason bittel, Smithsonian, "This Echolocating Dormouse Could Reveal the Origins of One of Nature’s Coolest Superpowers," 23 Mar. 2017
The most famous melanistic cat is the black panther, an umbrella term that encompasses dark-furred leopards in Asia and Africa and inky jaguars in South America.

— sergio pitamitz, National Geographic, "Exclusive: Rare Black Wildcat Caught on Film in Africa," 22 Mar. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of furred

Middle English

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First Known Use: 14th century

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furred Synonyms

Synonyms

bristly, brushy, cottony, fleecy, hairy, furry, hirsute, rough, shaggy, silky, unshorn, woolly (also wooly)

Antonyms

bald, furless, glabrous, hairless, shorn, smooth

Related Words

bearded, bewhiskered, mustachioed (also moustachioed), whiskered; stubbled, stubbly; downy, fluffy, fuzzy, linty, nappy

Near Antonyms

beardless, shaved, shaven

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medical Definition of furred

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a furred tongue

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