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# fur

«fur» in Mova's school dictionary: **the soft thick hair that covers the bodies of many…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (fur, furs; uncountable for the hair, countable for coats)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fur is the soft thick hair that covers the bodies of many animals, like cats, dogs, rabbits and bears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#m1)

2) A fur is a coat or piece of clothing made from animal fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#m2)

3) Fake fur is soft material made to look like animal fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths a word of the story, sometimes a colour or a material that picks which animals to count. In science: fur keeps mammals warm by trapping air; animals in cold places have thick fur, and many grow thicker fur in winter and shed it in spring. In stories: soft, fluffy, warm. Phrases: «fur coat», «covered in fur», «fake fur».

### examples

- The cat has white fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#x1)
- A coat has a fur collar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#x2)
- Three of the puppies have brown fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#x3)
- A polar bear's thick fur keeps it warm on the ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#x4)
- Our dog sheds fur all over the couch in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#x5)
- The rabbit's fur felt soft under my hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#x6)
- My hat is lined with fake fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#x7)
- Mammals have fur or hair, birds have feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#x8)
- A hot wind knocked him senseless and red fire singed his fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/#x9)

### note

Usually no clue in maths; it may describe which animals to count (those with brown fur). Do not treat it as a quantity. Usually uncountable: «a lot of fur», not «many furs» (unless it means fur coats). Homophone: fir (a kind of tree).

### In the corpora

- [Green algae grow in a sloth's fur and help to hide it among the leaves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/2-the-rainforest-from-the-top/9/)
- [The soles of a polar bear's paws have fur and small bumps that grip the ice and keep the feet warm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/105-the-polar-zone-polar-bears/11/)
- [A platypus has a broad flat tail, and a koala has only a tiny stump of a tail hidden in its fur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/9/)
- [Tiger stripes are on the skin as well as the fur, so a shaved tiger would still look striped.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes/5/)
- [Green algae grow in sloth fur and give camouflage among leaves, and moths live in the fur too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fur» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fur/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.