fur
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,644 of 81,628 words measured. It occurs 24,091 times across 191,625 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the dressed hairy coat of a mammal also: pelt
- dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
- a garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur
fur in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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An old fur cloak to keep me warm.
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes · Isaac Taylor [Translator] Headland · Chapter 1
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Illustrated $1.75 Ungava Bob A Tale of the Fur Trappers.
Left on the Labrador · Dillon Wallace · Chapter 1
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They may perhaps start one from the Elephant and it'll get about as fur as the Obelisk, and there it'll stick.
Love at Paddington · W. Pett (William Pett) Ridge · Chapter 1
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A short fur coat, made from the pelt of the much-prized forest cat, lay in a careless heap at the boy's feet.
The Doomsman · Van Tassel Sutphen · Chapter 1
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Don't ye go to pesterin' him with yer talk and yer questions; fur he's diff'rent make 'an I be, an' 'twon't do.
Culm Rock The Story of a Year · Glance Gaylord · Chapter 1