<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.</li><li>fabrics and garments of such wool.</li><li>yarn made of such wool.</li><li>any of various substances used commercially as substitutes for the wool of sheep or other animals.</li><li>any of certain vegetable fibers, as cotton or flax, used as wool, especially after preparation by a special process (vegetable wool).</li><li>any finely fibrous or filamentous matter suggestive of the wool of sheep: glass wool; steel wool.</li><li>any coating of short, fine hairs or hairlike processes, as on a caterpillar or a plant; pubescence.</li><li>Informal: the human hair, especially when short, thick, and crisp.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>of or relating to fur, animal skins, dressed pelts, etc.: a fur coat; a fur trader.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>to line, face, or trim with fur, as a garment.</li><li>Building Trades: to apply furring to (a wall, ceiling, etc.).</li><li>to clothe (a person) with fur.</li><li>to coat with foul or deposited matter.</li></ul>