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furry

adjective fur·ry \ˈfər-ē\

: covered with fur

: covered with something that looks or feels like fur

: resembling fur

fur·ri·erfur·ri·est

Full Definition of FURRY

: consisting of or resembling fur <animals with furry coats>

: covered with fur

: thick in quality <spoke with a furry voice>

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First Known Use of FURRY

circa 1674

Related to FURRY

Synonyms: bristly, brushy, cottony, fleecy, furred, hairy, hirsute, rough, shaggy, silky, unshorn, woolly (also wooly)

Antonyms: bald, furless, glabrous, hairless, shorn, smooth

Rhymes with FURRY

blurry, burry, curry, flurry, dhurrie, gurry, hurry, Moray, murrey, scurry, slurry, spurrey, surrey, whirry, worry

FURRY Defined for Kids

furry

adjective fur·ry \ˈfər-ē\

fur·ri·erfur·ri·est

Definition of FURRY for Kids

: covered with fur <furry paws>

: like fur <furry slippers>

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