covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

furred

furry

sample sentences

"furred animals"
"a furry teddy bear"

someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
<noun.person>

cloakmaker

furrier

strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard
<noun.artifact>

furring

furring strip

a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue
<noun.state>

furring

strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard
<noun.artifact>

furring

furring strip

a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

furrow

a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
<noun.shape>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4

crease

crinkle

furrow

line

seam

wrinkle

sample sentences

"his face has many lines"
"ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

furrow

groove

rut

sample sentences

"furrow soil"

cut a furrow into a columns
<verb.contact>

chamfer

chase

furrow

make wrinkled or creased
<verb.contact>

crease

furrow

wrinkle

sample sentences

"furrow one's brow"

having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
<adj.all>

furrowed

rugged

sample sentences

"furrowed fields"
"his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"

covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

furred

furry

sample sentences

"furred animals"
"a furry teddy bear"

a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue
<noun.state>

black tongue

furry tongue

hairy tongue

more distant in especially degree
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

farther

further

sample sentences

"nothing could be further from the truth"
"further from our expectations"
"farther from the truth"
"farther from our expectations"

to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 3

farther

further

sample sentences

"further complicated by uncertainty about the future"
"let's not discuss it further"
"nothing could be further from the truth"
"they are further along in their research than we expected"
"the application of the law was extended farther"
"he is going no farther in his studies"

in addition or furthermore
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

further

sample sentences

"if we further suppose"
"stated further that he would not cooperate with them"
"they are definitely coming
further, they should be here already"

to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

farther

further

sample sentences

"farther north"
"moved farther away"
"farther down the corridor"
"the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"
"went only three miles further"
"further in the future"

promote the growth of
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 7

foster

further

sample sentences

"Foster our children's well-being and education"

contribute to the progress or growth of
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 91 freq. cnt.: 53 freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

advance

boost

encourage

further

promote

sample sentences

"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

the advancement of some enterprise
<noun.act>

forwarding

furtherance

promotion

sample sentences

"his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"

encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
<noun.communication>

advancement

furtherance

promotion

in addition
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 57 freq. cnt.: 37 freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 1

furthermore

moreover

what is more

sample sentences

"computer chess games are getting cheaper all the time
furthermore, their quality is improving"
"the cellar was dark
moreover, mice nested there"
"what is more, there's no sign of a change"

(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
<adj.all>

farthermost

farthest

furthermost

furthest

utmost

uttermost

sample sentences

"had traveled to the farthest frontier"
"don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"
"explored the furthest reaches of space"
"the utmost tip of the peninsula"

(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
<adj.all>

farthermost

farthest

furthermost

furthest

utmost

uttermost

sample sentences

"had traveled to the farthest frontier"
"don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"
"explored the furthest reaches of space"
"the utmost tip of the peninsula"

to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

farthest

furthest

sample sentences

"see who could jump the farthest"
"chose the farthest seat from the door"
"he swam the furthest"

to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)
<adv.all>

farthest

furthest

sample sentences

"went the furthest of all the children in her education"
"furthest removed from reality"
"she goes farthest in helping us"

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
<adj.all>   (a)   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

furtive

sneak

sneaky

stealthy

surreptitious

sample sentences

"a furtive manner"
"a sneak attack"
"stealthy footsteps"
"a surreptitious glance at his watch"

secret and sly or sordid
<adj.all>

backstair

backstairs

furtive

sample sentences

"backstairs gossip"
"his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard
"backstairs intimacies"
"furtive behavior"

in a furtive manner
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

furtively

on the sly

sample sentences

"the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night"

a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
<noun.attribute>

furtiveness

sneakiness

stealthiness

a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
<noun.state>

boil

furuncle

acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles
<noun.state>

furunculosis

a feeling of intense anger
<noun.feeling>   freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 4

fury

madness

rage

sample sentences

"hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"
"his face turned red with rage"

the property of being wild or turbulent
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ferocity

fierceness

furiousness

fury

vehemence

violence

wildness

sample sentences

"the storm's violence"

state of violent mental agitation
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

craze

delirium

frenzy

fury

hysteria

very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
<noun.plant>

Irish gorse

Ulex europaeus

furze

gorse

whin

a stick of black carbon material used for drawing
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

charcoal

fusain

wilt caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium
<noun.state>

fusarium wilt

a dark purplish-red color
<noun.attribute>

fuschia

of something having a dusky brownish grey color
<adj.all>

fuscous

taupe

an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

electrical fuse

fuse

safety fuse

any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
<noun.artifact>

fuse

fusee

fuze

fuzee

primer

priming

mix together different elements
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

blend

coalesce

combine

commingle

conflate

flux

fuse

immix

meld

merge

mix

sample sentences

"The colors blend well"

become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

fuse

sample sentences

"The substances fused at a very high temperature"

make liquid or plastic by heating
<verb.change>

fuse

sample sentences

"The storm fused the electric mains"

equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse
<verb.competition>

fuse