Fur vs. Scum

Furnoun

The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.

Furnoun

The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.

Furnoun

A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.

Furnoun

A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

Furnoun

A thick pile of fabric.

Furnoun

The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.

Furnoun

The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.

Furnoun

The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.

Furnoun

(heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.

Furnoun

Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).

Furnoun

A furry; a member of the furry subculture.

Furnoun

Pubic hair.

Furnoun

Sexual attractiveness.

Furverb

(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.

Furverb

(intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.

Furverb

To level a surface by applying furring to it.

Furpreposition

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Furnoun

The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

Furnoun

The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.

Furnoun

Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.

Furnoun

Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).

Furnoun

Any coating considered as resembling fur

Furnoun

One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.

Furadjective

Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.

Furverb

To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes.

Furverb

To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.

Furverb

To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp.

Furnoun

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

Furnoun

dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

Furnoun

a garment made of fur

Furnoun

a member of a Muslim people of the mountainous and desert regions of south-western Sudan.

Furnoun

the language of the Fur, an isolated member of the Nilo-Saharan family, with about 500,000 speakers.

Furverb

coat or clog with a deposit

Furverb

covered with or made from a particular type of fur

Furverb

level (floor or wall timbers) by inserting strips of wood

Furadjective

relating to the Fur or their language.

Fur

Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of many different animals, particularly mammals. It consists of a combination of oily guard hair on top and thick underfur beneath.

Scumnoun

(uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).

Scumnoun

(uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds

Scumnoun

The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.

Scumnoun

semen

Scumnoun

A reprehensible person or persons.

Scumverb

To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).

Scumverb

To remove (something) as scum.

Scumverb

To become covered with scum.

Scumverb

(obsolete) To scour (the land, sea etc.).

Scumverb

(obsolete) To gather together, as scum.

Scumverb

To startscum or savescum.

Scumnoun

The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.

Scumnoun

refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.

Scumverb

To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.

Scumverb

To sweep or range over the surface of.

Scumverb

To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.

Scumnoun

worthless people

Scumnoun

a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid