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Furs

"Furs" is a plural of: fur.

Date "Furs" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)


Specialty Definition: Furs

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Dream Interpretation

To dream of dealing in furs, denotes prosperity and an interest in many concerns.
To be dressed in fur, signifies your safety from want and poverty.
To see fine fur, denotes honor and riches. For a young woman to dream that she is wearing costly furs, denotes that she will marry a wise man. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Furs

English words defined with "Furs": Clothes moth, costusrootDermestesFurrieryNutmeg flowerPeltry, Purflesable coat, Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa, Secretagetrapper. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Furs": BRUSHER, MACHINECARROTINGFUR BLENDER, FUR BLOWER, FUR CLEANER, FUR CUTTER, FUR DRESSER, fur dry-cleaner, fur dyer, fur ironer, FUR NAILER, fur repairer, fur tailor, fur tinter, FUR-GLAZING-AND-POLISHING-MACHINE OPERATORMinxNECKsawdust-machine operatorTO BUG. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Furs" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (thief).

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Modern Usage: Furs

DomainUsage

Lyrics

The diamonds, the furs, and the house (Deep Inside; performing artist: Mary J. Blige)

Why Chumps Be Coping Them Diamonds And Furs And All That (Pu**y; performing artist: R. Kelly)

Movie/TV Titles

Venus in Furs (1967)

Trimmed in Furs (1934)

The Lady in Furs (1925)

Venus in Furs (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Furs

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Books

  • Masochism: Coldness and Cruelty & Venus in Furs (reference)

  • Tan Your Hide!: Home Tanning Leathers and Furs (reference)

  • Venus in Furs, a Novel: Letters of Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch and Emilie Mataja (reference)

  • Masochism : Coldness and Cruelty & Venus in Furs (reference)

  • Furs nous fets per lo cristianissim e molt alt senyor rey Don Ferrando, rey de Castella e de Arago e de Valencia en les Corts Generals celebrades e finides en la ciutat de Oriola, MCDLXXXVIII : estudio, transcripción y traducción (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Psychedelic Furs - Live from the House of Blues (DTS) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Furs

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Photo Album: Furs

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He was quite motionless, half hidden in furs, a mammal on the borderland of the unknown. Credit: Library of Congress.

Louise Cromwell, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing fox furs. Credit: Library of Congress.

Company trader buying white fox furs and other skins from an Eskimo at a Revillon Freres post. Credit: Library of Congress.

FSA (Farm Security Administration) Supervisor examining one of the trapper's furs during an auction sale held in a dance hall on Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Lousiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rich's department store, business in Knoxville, Tennessee. Furs. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lord & Taylor, business in Washington, D.C. Furs. Credit: Library of Congress.

Potomac Electric Power Co. air conditioning and lighting. Zirkin furs shop I. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Furs

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Health

Persons who work with imported animal hides or furs in areas where standards are insufficient to prevent exposure to anthrax spores. (references)

Economic History

Russia

Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, timber, furs, precious and nonferrous metals. (references)

Uruguay

Trade: Exports--$2.2 billion: meat, wool, hides, leather and wool products, fish, rice, furs. (references)

Norway

Products--dairy, livestock, grain (barley, oats, wheat), potatoes and other vegetables, fruits and berries, furs, wool. (references)

Trade

Moldova

The imports and sales of vodka, liqueurs and other alcoholic drink; grape, fruit and berry wine; sparkling wine; brandy and cognac; tobacco products, coffee, perfumes and furs are allowed by customs and fiscal bodies if they were marked with excise stamps during their production. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Furs

"Furs" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 93.28% of the time. "Furs" is used about 119 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)93.28%11130,796
Lexical Verb (-s form)3.36%4175,879
Noun (proper)3.36%4175,879
                    Total100.00%119N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Furs

Expression using "Furs": barter for furs with spirits. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "Furs": al-furs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Furs

Language Translations for "Furs"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

turkikset (pelts, skins). (various references)

   

German

  

Pelze. (various references)

   

Italian

  

pellicceria (furrier's shop, furriery), pelli (skins). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

pelsverk. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ursfay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

blãnãrie (furrier's, furriery). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

trocar licores por pieles (barter for furs with spirits). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Furs

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

pellicia, pelliciae, pelliciam, pellicias. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Furs

Derivations

Words ending with "Furs": desulfurs, sulfurs, underfurs. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Furs" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fagrs, farrs, Fars, Fehrs, Fers, fersc, ferz, fors, forsc, Forss, Forz, frs, fru, frud, frus, fruse, frush, frux, fuds, Fuerst, fugr, fugs, fuhr, Fuhri, fuhs, fuis, Fuls, fura, furb, fure, furg, furh, furi, furk, furms, Furn, furr, furse, furst, fursy, furt, furu, furus, furz, fus, fusr, fuys, ufs, urs, urz. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Furs"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "Furs" (pronounced fer"z)
3f er" zchauffeurs, confers, defers, firs, infers, prefers, refers, transfers.
2-er" zblurs, concurs, connoisseurs, demurs, deters, entrepreneurs, ers, incurs, liqueurs, occurs, purrs, restaurateurs, saboteurs, slurs, spurs, stirs.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Furs

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: surf.

Words within the letters "f-r-s-u"

-1 letter: fur.

-2 letters: us.

 Words containing the letters "f-r-s-u"
 

+1 letter: curfs, fours, frugs, furls, ruffs, scurf, surfs, surfy, turfs.

 

+2 letters: femurs, feuars, flours, fluors, forums, frauds, fruits, frumps, frusta, fumers, furans, furies, furors, furzes, fusser, gruffs, refuse, ruffes, rufous, scruff, scurfs, scurfy, suffer, sulfur, surfed, surfer.

 

+3 letters: armfuls, armsful, ausform, buffers, carfuls, curfews, duffers, earfuls, faquirs, favours, ferrous, ferrums, ferulas, ferules, fibrous, figures, fissure, fixures, flusher, fluster, fluters, focuser, fourths, fractus, frenums, friseur, frustum, fubsier, fuckers, fuelers, fuhrers, fullers, fulmars, funkers, furanes, furbish, furioso, furious, furlers, furless, furnish, furores, furrows, fussers, fussier, fustier, futures, infuser, jarfuls, jarsful, ourself, perfuse, profuse, puffers, purfles, rebuffs, refocus, refuels, refuges, refunds, refusal, refused, refuser, refuses, refutes, restful, restuff, ruboffs, ruffles, runoffs, russify, scruffs, scruffy, snuffer, stuffer, suffari, suffers, sulfurs, sulfury, sunroof, surface, surfeit, surfers, surfier, surfing, truffes, tufters, turfski, unfrees, unfurls, unroofs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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