Get to know Furred better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like furry or hairy.
Furred meaning
simple past and past participle of fur
Using Furred
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of fur
- Useful related words include: furry, hairy, haired, hirsute.
- In the example corpus, furred often appears in combinations such as: fully furred.
Context around Furred
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Furred
- In this selection, "furred" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fully, limbs, finer, moggies, dog and species stand out and add context to how "furred" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all fully furred species molt and and sparsely furred than the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "furred" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with furred
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Robes made from the furred hide of a bison were often worn in winter. (14 words)
All fully furred species molt ; phocids molt once a year, while otariids gradually molt all year. (16 words)
Amundsen eschewed the heavy wool clothing worn on earlier Antarctic attempts in favour of adopting Inuit -style furred skins. (19 words)
Its pelage is typically more reddish and sparsely furred than the coyote's and gray wolf's, though melanistic individuals do occur. citation Its fur is generally tawny to grayish in color, with light markings around the lips and eyes. (40 words)
In August storms, those dark, gnarled limbs, furred with resurrection fern, groan and lumber against the wind and rain like that Western buffalo’s slow, heavy, purposeful motion, head resolutely down, burly black shoulders rippling with strength. (37 words)
She said the white-furred dog does appear to have a leg injury but, judging by the videos, it’s difficult to determine whether the injury is new or old. (30 words)
Example sentences (10)
In August storms, those dark, gnarled limbs, furred with resurrection fern, groan and lumber against the wind and rain like that Western buffalo’s slow, heavy, purposeful motion, head resolutely down, burly black shoulders rippling with strength.
Elsewhere, cat owners were advised to apply a little sun cream to the ears of lighter-coloured or finer furred moggies to protect them from the UV.
She said the white-furred dog does appear to have a leg injury but, judging by the videos, it’s difficult to determine whether the injury is new or old.
All fully furred species molt ; phocids molt once a year, while otariids gradually molt all year.
Amundsen eschewed the heavy wool clothing worn on earlier Antarctic attempts in favour of adopting Inuit -style furred skins.
At 26 weeks, the fully furred animal resembles an adult, and begins to poke its head out of the pouch.
Early pouch young were hairless and blind, but they had their eyes open and were fully furred by the time they left the pouch.
Its pelage is typically more reddish and sparsely furred than the coyote's and gray wolf's, though melanistic individuals do occur. citation Its fur is generally tawny to grayish in color, with light markings around the lips and eyes.
Robes made from the furred hide of a bison were often worn in winter.
The standard assumptions were that pterosaurs were quadrupedal, clumsy on the ground, furred, warmblooded and had a wing membrane reaching the ankle.
Common combinations with furred
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: