--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 48 description: The 906 words of the English dictionary under F, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / F # F — The English dictionary · page 48 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/47/) **48** [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) **furbish** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To polish and clean a weapon until it shines.[↗](../../furbish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the LORD: Say: A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished: (Prophets EZK.21.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furbish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.[↗](../../furbish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furbish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled; the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.[↗](../../furbish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.21.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furbish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **furcula** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The furcula is the wishbone of a bird: a forked bone in its chest made of two collarbones joined together.[↗](../../furcula/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In some tiny insects called springtails, the furcula is a forked tail-like part that flicks down to make them jump.[↗](../../furcula/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The furcula is also called the wishbone.[↗](../../furcula/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the roast chicken, my brother and I pulled the furcula and made a wish.[↗](../../furcula/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A bird's furcula bends like a spring as it flaps.[↗](../../furcula/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some dinosaurs had a furcula, just like birds.[↗](../../furcula/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The springtail jumped by snapping its furcula against the ground.[↗](../../furcula/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the furcula on the diagram of the bird skeleton.[↗](../../furcula/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **furious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very, very angry.[↗](../../furious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very strong, fast or wild: «a furious storm», «at a furious speed».[↗](../../furious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum was furious when I broke the window.[↗](../../furious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher was furious about the mess.[↗](../../furious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind blew with furious strength.[↗](../../furious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was furious with his brother for reading his diary.[↗](../../furious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She pedalled at a furious speed.[↗](../../furious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When you feel furious, count to ten before you speak.[↗](../../furious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Meanwhile, the battle waxed more and more furious.[↗](../../furious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.[↗](../../furious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay My vengeance upon them.'[↗](../../furious/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.25.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furious/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **furiously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Furiously means in a very angry way, or with great force and wild energy.[↗](../../furiously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Stop!" she shouted furiously.[↗](../../furiously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves crashed furiously on the rocks.[↗](../../furiously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The battle raged more furiously than before.[↗](../../furiously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And the watchman told, saying: 'He came even unto them, and cometh not back; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.'[↗](../../furiously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.9.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furiously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **furlough** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A furlough is a time when workers are told not to come to work for a while, often because there is not enough work, and they may get less pay or none.[↗](../../furlough/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A furlough is leave from duty for a soldier, or a short permitted absence from prison.[↗](../../furlough/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad was furloughed when the factory closed for a while.[↗](../../furlough/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was on furlough for three months.[↗](../../furlough/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier went home on furlough.[↗](../../furlough/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many workers were on furlough and earned 80 per cent of their pay.[↗](../../furlough/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The company furloughed half its staff.[↗](../../furlough/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He went back to work after his furlough ended.[↗](../../furlough/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A certain soldier was allowed to go home on furlough.[↗](../../furlough/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **furloughed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (euphemism, work) sent home from work for a time without pay or with reduced pay, because the employer has no work or money; it may lead to losing the job.[↗](../../furloughed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (military, old) given a leave of absence: «a soldier on furlough».[↗](../../furloughed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad was furloughed when the factory shut for three months.[↗](../../furloughed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thousands of workers were furloughed during the crisis.[↗](../../furloughed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Being furloughed means you don't work for a while but you might go back.[↗](../../furloughed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The government paid part of the wages of furloughed staff.[↗](../../furloughed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum's café furloughed all its waiters.[↗](../../furloughed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier came home on furlough.[↗](../../furloughed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some furloughed workers never got their jobs back.[↗](../../furloughed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If a worker earns 400 pounds a week and is furloughed on 80 percent pay, he gets 320 pounds.[↗](../../furloughed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **furnace** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A furnace is a very hot enclosed fire or oven used to melt metal, make glass or burn things.[↗](../../furnace/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (USA, Canada) The heater in a house that warms the air or water for the whole home.[↗](../../furnace/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A very hot place: «The classroom was a furnace today».[↗](../../furnace/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The iron was melted in a huge furnace.[↗](../../furnace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our furnace broke, so the house was cold all night.[↗](../../furnace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (USA)[↗](../../furnace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Glassblowers heat the glass in a furnace.[↗](../../furnace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The car was like a furnace after sitting in the sun.[↗](../../furnace/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible story, three men walked unharmed in the fiery furnace.[↗](../../furnace/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Coal kept the old furnaces burning day and night.[↗](../../furnace/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never go near a furnace without an adult; it can burn you badly.[↗](../../furnace/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Set me a task!” said he, with a voice like the roaring of an iron furnace.[↗](../../furnace/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.[↗](../../furnace/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.15.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furnace/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh.[↗](../../furnace/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furnace/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But you hath the LORD taken and brought forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto Him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.[↗](../../furnace/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.4.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furnace/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.[↗](../../furnace/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.17.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furnace/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.[↗](../../furnace/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.48.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furnace/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.[↗](../../furnace/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.3.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furnace/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **furnish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To put furniture in a room or house.[↗](../../furnish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* They furnished the bedroom.[↗](../../furnish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To supply or give something needed: furnish us with the details.[↗](../../furnish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We furnished the playroom with beanbags and shelves.[↗](../../furnish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The holiday house was fully furnished.[↗](../../furnish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please furnish us with your address.[↗](../../furnish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They furnished the classroom with new desks.[↗](../../furnish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It costs a lot to furnish a whole house.[↗](../../furnish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The library furnished the pupils with books.[↗](../../furnish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you wish me to remain in your service, furnish me with the necessary funds, else I must withdraw."[↗](../../furnish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.[↗](../../furnish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furnish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Noph shall become a desolation, and shall be laid waste, without inhabitant.[↗](../../furnish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furnish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **furnished** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Having furniture in it (a furnished flat).[↗](../../furnished/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Put furniture in a room or building.[↗](../../furnished/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Gave or supplied something that is needed (furnished us with information).[↗](../../furnished/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They rented a furnished flat with beds and a sofa.[↗](../../furnished/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The room was furnished with old wooden chairs.[↗](../../furnished/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cottage is fully furnished.[↗](../../furnished/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The teacher furnished us with a map.[↗](../../furnished/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle hall was richly furnished.[↗](../../furnished/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They furnished the new house slowly.[↗](../../furnished/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he went on through richly-furnished chambers, over mosaic floors, amid gorgeous pictures.[↗](../../furnished/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.[↗](../../furnished/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.9.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furnished/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and cypress-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire — that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.[↗](../../furnished/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.9.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furnished/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **furnishing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (usually plural) Furniture, carpets, curtains and other things in a room or house.[↗](../../furnishing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Putting furniture into a room or house.[↗](../../furnishing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The furnishings in the room were old and dusty.[↗](../../furnishing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Soft furnishings include cushions and curtains.[↗](../../furnishing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They are furnishing their new flat.[↗](../../furnishing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle's furnishings were grand.[↗](../../furnishing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought new furnishings for the bedroom.[↗](../../furnishing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fire safety rules cover furnishings too.[↗](../../furnishing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This barrel of nails is my whole fortune, which I wish to give as my contribution towards the bride’s house furnishing.”[↗](../../furnishing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **furniture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Furniture is the large movable things in a room that make it usable, like tables, chairs, beds, sofas and wardrobes.[↗](../../furniture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We bought new furniture for my bedroom.[↗](../../furniture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A chair is a piece of furniture.[↗](../../furniture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't climb on the furniture.[↗](../../furniture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The furniture was covered with sheets.[↗](../../furniture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Heavy furniture should be fixed to the wall.[↗](../../furniture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My dolls' house has tiny furniture.[↗](../../furniture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We moved the furniture to make space for dancing.[↗](../../furniture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Garden furniture stays outside.[↗](../../furniture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I saw handsome furniture, many books, and a chaos of newspapers.[↗](../../furniture/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the ark-cover that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent; (Torah EXO.31.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furniture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets; (Torah EXO.39.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furniture/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · According to all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it.[↗](../../furniture/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furniture/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.[↗](../../furniture/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.9.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furniture/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Araunah said unto David: 'Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him; behold the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-instruments and the furniture of the oxen for the wood.'[↗](../../furniture/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.24.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furniture/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **furred** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Covered with fur, or with a coat of soft hair: a furred animal.[↗](../../furred/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lined or trimmed with fur, like a furred hood.[↗](../../furred/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK) Coated with a crusty layer, like a kettle furred with limescale or pipes furred up inside.[↗](../../furred/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (of a tongue) Covered with a whitish coating when you are ill.[↗](../../furred/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox is a furred animal with a bushy tail.[↗](../../furred/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her parka has a furred hood for the cold.[↗](../../furred/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our kettle is furred up with limescale.[↗](../../furred/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Arctic hares are thickly furred to survive the winter.[↗](../../furred/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old pipes had furred inside and the water ran slowly.[↗](../../furred/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When I had flu, my tongue felt furred.[↗](../../furred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Polar bears are furred even on the soles of their feet.[↗](../../furred/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mammals are furred, but birds are feathered.[↗](../../furred/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · These were a grey-furred, long-tailed tanuki, his wife the fox, who was one of his own family, and their little son.[↗](../../furred/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **furrier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A furrier is a person who makes or sells clothes and goods made of fur.[↗](../../furrier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use, in fairy tales) Furrier can mean more furry, hairier, as a comparative of furry.[↗](../../furrier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The furrier sold coats made of fox fur.[↗](../../furrier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The furrier's daughter lived in a little house by the river.[↗](../../furrier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat grew furrier and furrier.[↗](../../furrier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **furrow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long narrow groove cut into the soil by a plough.[↗](../../furrow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A deep line or wrinkle on the skin, especially the forehead.[↗](../../furrow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To make lines on your forehead by frowning: «He furrowed his brow.».[↗](../../furrow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To plough a field into grooves.[↗](../../furrow/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A furrow can also be any long, shallow groove in a surface, such as the groove along an animal's horn.[↗](../../furrow/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer ploughed long straight furrows across the field.[↗](../../furrow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeds were dropped into the furrows.[↗](../../furrow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gulls followed the plough to eat worms from the furrows.[↗](../../furrow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She furrowed her brow over the hard sum.[↗](../../furrow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Deep furrows lined the old man's face.[↗](../../furrow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mole saw the furrows of the brown fields from the bank.[↗](../../furrow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It has one horn about a cubit long which is solid, but has a furrow from the base to the tip.[↗](../../furrow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow?[↗](../../furrow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furrow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.[↗](../../furrow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.129.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furrow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together; (Writings JOB.31.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../furrow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **furrowed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of a field: having long, narrow trenches cut by a plough.[↗](../../furrowed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Of a forehead or brow: wrinkled with deep lines, showing worry, anger or hard thinking.[↗](../../furrowed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tractor left the field neatly furrowed.[↗](../../furrowed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeds were dropped into the furrowed soil.[↗](../../furrowed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa's furrowed brow showed he was worried.[↗](../../furrowed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She furrowed her brow over the difficult sum.[↗](../../furrowed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Badger furrowed his brow and thought about how to save Toad Hall.[↗](../../furrowed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old farmer's face was furrowed with age.[↗](../../furrowed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves made furrows in the sand.[↗](../../furrowed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **furry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Furry means covered with fur, or soft and thick like fur.[↗](../../furry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Furry can describe a coating that looks like fur, like a furry tongue or mould.[↗](../../furry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our hamster is small and furry.[↗](../../furry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore furry boots in the snow.[↗](../../furry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The furry caterpillar crawled up the leaf.[↗](../../furry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten is the furriest of all.[↗](../../furry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I hugged my furry teddy bear.[↗](../../furry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheese has gone furry with mould.[↗](../../furry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Polar bears have thick, furry coats.[↗](../../furry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Can you hop on your hind legs?" asked the furry rabbit.[↗](../../furry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **further** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Further means at or to a greater distance; more far.[↗](../../further/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Further means more, or extra, as in further information.[↗](../../further/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Further means to a greater degree, or later in time.[↗](../../further/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To further something means to help it move forward.[↗](../../further/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How much further is it to Grandma's house?[↗](../../further/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My house is further from school than yours.[↗](../../further/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ann threw the ball 2 metres further than Tom.[↗](../../further/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For further information, ask at the desk.[↗](../../further/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't go any further into the forest.[↗](../../further/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We need to talk about this further.[↗](../../further/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The furthest planet from the Sun is Neptune.[↗](../../further/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.[↗](../../further/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../further/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say: 'What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as his heart.'[↗](../../further/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.20.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../further/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · From thence further go and reckon what the mouth cannot express and the ear cannot hear.[↗](../../further/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../further/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper.[↗](../../further/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../further/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Now whatever thy petition, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request further, it shall be done.'[↗](../../further/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.9.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../further/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And said: 'Thus far shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed'?[↗](../../further/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../further/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/47/) **48** [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) - ← previous: [page 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/47/) - next →: [page 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)