fur

fur
[[t]fɜ͟ː(r)[/t]]
furs, furring, furred
1) N-MASS Fur is the thick and usually soft hair that grows on the bodies of many mammals.

This creature's fur is short, dense and silky.

2) N-VAR: oft N n Fur is the fur-covered skin of an animal that is used to make clothing or small carpets.

She had on a black coat with a fur collar...

Women are also wearing fur again.

...the trading of furs from Canada.

3) N-COUNT A fur is a coat made from real or artificial fur, or a piece of fur worn round your neck.

There were women in furs and men in comfortable overcoats.

4) N-MASS Fur is an artificial fabric that looks like fur and is used, for example, to make clothing, soft toys, and seat covers.
5) PHRASE: V inflects If an event sets the fur flying, it causes a great argument.

Last week's meeting of the 1922 Committee set the fur flying again on the Tory backbenches...

The fur will really fly over this.

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