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fur

/fɝ/ verb C2
  1. To cover with fur or a fur-like coating. (transitive)
  2. To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating. (intransitive)
  3. To level a surface by applying furring to it. (transitive)

He/she/it furs · Past furred · Past participle furred · -ing form furring

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Verb forms

Base form
fur
He/she/it
furs
Past
furred
Past participle
furred
-ing form
furring

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They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank—the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 15 · B2
Oh my fur and whiskers!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 21 · B2
She had not gone much farther before she came in sight of the house of the March Hare: she thought it must be the right house, because the chimneys were shaped like ears and the roof was thatched with fur.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 48 · B2
Go!” The fire was burning furiously at the end of the branch, and Mowgli struck right and left round the circle, and the wolves ran howling with the sparks burning their fur.
The Jungle Book, p. 27 · B2

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