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FURRY
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Irregular inflected forms: furrier , furriest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
Example:
a furry teddy bear
Synonyms:
furred; furry
Classified under:
Similar:
haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)
Derivation:
fur (dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel))
Context examples:
The Chow Chow has a dense, furry, and profuse coat.
(Chow Chow, NCI Thesaurus)
The camp was suddenly discovered to be alive with skulking furry forms,—starving huskies, four or five score of them, who had scented the camp from some Indian village.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
It advertised itself in all his movements, was apparent in the play of every muscle, spoke plainly as speech in the way he carried himself, and made his glorious furry coat if anything more glorious.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
