furring

verb

Definition of furringnext
present participle of fur
as in silting

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  1. filling
  2. flooding
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  • Local rinks are filling back up, the Sabres’ rookie camp opens in just over a week and in roughly two weeks the team’s veterans will begin training camp for the 2026-27 season.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Magazines and newspapers have spent much of the past few years filling column inches with concerns about the manhood of young Americans.
    — T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • Morgan Creek and Cove Creek will be particularly subject to flooding this morning.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) estimates that 300,000 to 500,000 people died, most from the surge flooding coastal islands and tidal flats.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of flooding
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“Furring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furring. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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