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fur·ry

 (fûr′ē, fŭr′ē)
adj. fur·ri·er, fur·ri·est
1. Consisting of or similar to fur.
2.
a. Covered with, wearing, or trimmed with fur.
b. Covered with a furlike substance.
3. Having a furlike quality, as in tone; fuzzy: a furry voice.

fur′ri·ness n.
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furry

(ˈfɜːrɪ)
adj, -rier or -riest
1. covered with fur or something furlike
2. of, relating to, or resembling fur
3. (Building) another word for furred5
4. (Pathology) Also: furred (of the tongue) coated with whitish cellular debris
ˈfurrily adv
ˈfurriness n
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fur•ry

(ˈfɜr i)

adj. fur•ri•er, fur•ri•est.
1. consisting of or resembling fur.
2. covered with fur; wearing fur: furry animals.
3. obstructed or coated as if with fur.
[1590–1600]
fur′ri•ly, adv.
fur′ri•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.furry - covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs; "furred animals"; "a furry teddy bear"
haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"
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furry

adjective hairy, woolly, shaggy, downy, fleecy thick furry tails
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furry

adjective
Covered with hair:
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Translations
فَروي ، كالفَرْومَكسو بِالفَرو
chlupatýhebkýměkký
karvainenturri
loîinnloîinn, mjúkur
pelspelzig
kosmat
kürk gibikürklü

furry

[ˈfɜːrɪ]
A. ADJ [animal] → peludo; [teddy bear] → de peluche
B. CPD furry dice NPL (Brit) → dados mpl afelpados (tipo de colgante para el coche)
furry toy N(juguete m de) peluche m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

furry

[ˈfɜːri] adj
(= covered with fur) [animal] → à fourrure; [tail, body] → poilu(e)
(= made of fur) [garment] → en fourrure
[toy] → en peluche
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

furry

adj (+er)
body, bellyhaarig; tailbuschig; furry animalTier ntmit Pelz; furry friend (hum)vierbeiniger Freund (hum); the kitten is so soft and furrydas Kätzchen ist so weich und kuschelig; the soft furry skin of the sealdas weiche Fell des Seehundes
(= like fur) hat, slippers, material, liningflauschig; furry dicePlüschwürfel pl; furry toyPlüschtier nt
(= coated) tonguebelegt; (= scaly) kettle, pipeverkalkt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

furry

[ˈfɜːrɪ] adj (animal) → peloso/a; (toy) → di peluche
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fur

(fəː) noun
1. the thick, short, fine hair of certain animals.
2. the skin(s) of these animals, often used to make or decorate clothes etc for people. a hat made of fur; (also adjective) a fur coat.
3. a coat, cape etc made of fur. She was wearing her fur.
furrier (ˈfariə) , ((American) ˈfə:-) noun
a person who (makes and) sells furs.
ˈfurry adjective
1. covered with fur. a furry animal.
2. like fur. furry material.
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References in classic literature ?
"Pointed," I said; "rather small and furry,--distinctly furry.
When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there-- in sunny weather--stretched at full length, asleep and blissful, with her furry belly to the sun and a paw curved over her nose.
He did not stand stolidly baring his furry belly to the missile, and die with an upward glance at the sympathetic heavens.
Its furry tail stood up firm and round as a plume, its bandy legs served it so well that it would often gracefully lift a hind leg and run very easily and quickly on three legs, as if disdaining to use all four.
I am very small and very frail, and this is a monster to destroy me, and I love the light, bright world, and I want to live and to continue to live in the brightness, and I am so very small, and I'm a good little fellow, with a good little heart, and I cannot battle with this huge, furry, hungry thing that is going to devour me, and I want help, help, help.
It hung on the back of a kitchen chair, seemed to be a furry thing, and, I must suppose, was suspended there for an airing.
"This is the room," said the housekeeper, from her furry throat.
"Your worship is right, senor governor," said the physician; "and therefore your worship, I consider, should not eat of those stewed rabbits there, because it is a furry kind of food; if that veal were not roasted and served with pickles, you might try it; but it is out of the question."
The sweetest-scented grasses lined her bower where other soft, furry pelts made hers the downiest couch in all the jungle.
They are forbidden by Peter to look in the least like him, and they wear the skins of the bears slain by themselves, in which they are so round and furry that when they fall they roll.
To the rear, from around the last bend and plainly into view, on the very trail they had just covered, trotted a furry, slinking form.
These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.