FURRY (furrier, furriest)

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Irregular inflected forms: furrier    , furriest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does furry mean? 

• FURRY (adjective)
  The adjective FURRY has 1 sense:

1. covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs

  Familiarity information: FURRY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURRY (adjective)

Comparative: furrier   
Superlative: furriest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs

Synonyms:

furred; furry

Context example:

a furry teddy bear

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 

His furry coat shone with the sheen of silk.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

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.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The feet are furry and have tough pads.

(Alaskan Malamute, NCI Thesaurus)

Its dense furry coat is profuse and comes in two varieties, smooth coat and rough coat.

(Chow Chow, NCI Thesaurus)

The dorsum of the tongue has a furry appearance and is usually stained black.

(Hairy Tongue, NCI Thesaurus)

Nothing was to be seen of his chest, however, for it was covered with a mass of black hair, in appearance like the furry coat of a dog.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A benign condition of the tongue characterized by hypertrophy of the filiform papillae that give the dorsum of the tongue a furry appearance.

(Hairy Tongue, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Why did not Hans do something? say something? She looked at him and was about to speak, when she discovered that her tongue refused its wonted duty. There was a peculiar ache in her throat, and her mouth was dry and furry. She could only look at Hans, who, in turn, looked at her.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Sometimes the eighth house rules loss of some sort, such as a financial or material matter, or the loss of someone you enjoyed in your life (could be a breakup or something else) or loss of a pet if your furry creature ran away.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

All the stiffness and gloss had gone out of his beautiful furry coat.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)