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# furred

adjective (furred); verb form, past of fur (fur, furs, furred, furring)

«furred» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Covered with fur, or with a coat of soft hair: a furred animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#m1)
2. Lined or trimmed with fur, like a furred hood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#m2)
3. (UK) Coated with a crusty layer, like a kettle furred with limescale or pipes furred up inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#m3)
4. (of a tongue) Covered with a whitish coating when you are ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science, «furred» animals are mammals with fur that keeps them warm. In everyday British life a kettle «gets furred up» in hard-water areas because of limescale. In stories it describes animals, coats and cosy clothes. Phrases: furred up, a thick-furred coat, a furred tongue.

### Examples

- The fox is a furred animal with a bushy tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#x1)
- Her parka has a furred hood for the cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#x2)
- Our kettle is furred up with limescale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#x3)
- Arctic hares are thickly furred to survive the winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#x4)
- The old pipes had furred inside and the water ran slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#x5)
- When I had flu, my tongue felt furred. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#x6)
- Polar bears are furred even on the soles of their feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#x7)
- Mammals are furred, but birds are feathered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#x8)
- These were a grey-furred, long-tailed tanuki, his wife the fox, who was one of his own family, and their little son. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/#x9)

### Note

Spelling: double r before -ed (fur → furred, furring). Pronounced like «furd». Not the same as «fared» (got on) or «feared». «Furry» is the more common everyday adjective: a furry kitten.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «furred» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furred/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«furred» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furred.html) on Mova free.