furry

[US]/'fɜːrɪ/
[UK]/ˈfə..ri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. covered with fur-like material.

Phrases & Collocations

furry animal

soft and furry

furry coat

Example Sentences

a layer of furry soot.

furry creatures in fields.

Rabbits and squirrels are the furry, little people of the woods.

Furry animals grow long coats in winter.

he was spouting platitudes about our furry friends.

large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails.

Starting at $149, pet owners can send their furry friends on flights that provide a preboarding walk and bathroom break.

Eusocial colonies are common among insects such as bees and ants, but the only examples in the mammal world are among furry and the naked mole rats.

Real-world Examples

Is that the gratitude I get for saving your furry hide?

Source: Universal Dialogue for Children's Animation

The koala is a sluggish, tailless, furry arboreal marsupial.

Source: IELTS Listening

They're furry, fat and hibernate all winter. Not bears - bumblebees.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American December 2019 Collection

What's furry scary and has eight legs?

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

Big and furry. Soft and squishy. Kind of plush and cuddly.

Source: Kung Fu Panda 2

Now something warm and furry sat on his head!

Source: L1 Wizard and Cat

We'll just take our furry piata and go.

Source: Ice Age 1 Highlights

And did you know that these furry fliers are also pollinators?

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

I like petting a soft furry dog, but I don't like petting an aardvark.

Source: Classic children's song animation Super Simple Songs

He thought for certain that she had bought her furry furniture.

Source: Hu Min reads stories to remember TOEFL vocabulary.

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