How do you use the word "fur" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "fur": The colonists bartered with the natives for fur. The cat's fur stood on end.

Fur Meaning

/fɜː/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.

nounThe hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.

Sentence Examples

The colonists bartered with the natives for fur.

The cat's fur stood on end.

The cat carefully licked its fur.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

pelt

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The bear's thick ____ protected it from the very cold snow.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The polar bear has thick ____ that helps it stay warm in the extremely cold temperatures of the Arctic.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶῠ̈ (pôŭ̈, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”). The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

""You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."" — 2006, Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?:

"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:

"A’most the moment as she lighted heer, all so desolate, she found (as she believed) a friend; a decent woman as spoke to her about the needle-work as she had been brought up to do, about finding plenty of it fur her, about a lodging fur the night, and making secret inquiration concerning of me and all at home, to-morrow." — 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “The Beginning of a Longer Journey”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 516:

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