[ UK /fˈɜːd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
    furred animals
    a furry teddy bear
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How To Use furred In A Sentence

  • From what we can see, it could be an animal of what your human friends call the ursine species, Khornya, the sort that is heavily furred and may stand on two legs or four. Acorna's Search
  • The door creaked open and a furred snout poked out.
  • He then hastened to the apartment of Lord Lacy, whom he met dressed in a long furred gown and the knightly cap called a mortier, irritated at the noise, and demanding to know the cause which had disturbed the repose of the household. Waverley
  • Flying squirrels have a furred membrane extending between the wrist and ankle that allows them to glide between trees.
  • Then an old ‘possum would sing out, or a black-furred flying squirrel — pongos, the blacks call ’em — would come sailing down from the top of an ironbark tree, with all his stern sails spread, as the sailors say, and into the branches of another, looking as big as an eagle-hawk. Robbery Under Arms
  • One of the executioners then pulled off a kind of furred tippet which covered her bosom; her modesty taking the alarm, made her start back a few steps; she turned pale and burst into tears. The Pacha of Many Tales
  • On the opener spots beneath the trees the ground is covered to a depth of two or three feet with mosses of indescribable freshness and beauty, a few dwarf conifers often planted on their rich furred bosses, together with pyrola, coptis, and Solomon's-seal. Travels in Alaska
  • These are unique among mammals, consisting of bony cores covered by furred skin.
  • Heading into the garden behind here, underneath the enormous saman tree, whose massive branches are furred with philodendrons and hanging with vines, you come to a swimming pool.
  • It's a griffin, definitely, with a hooked, grey beak like an eagle, a sleek, furred head and the unmistakable outline of wings behind it, all purple.
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