"fure" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fjʊɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fure.wav Forms: fures [present, singular, third-person], furing [participle, present], fured [participle, past], fured [past], fur [alternative], fuir [alternative], four [alternative], fwir [alternative], fuyr [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Danish føre, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną. Cognate with Dutch voeren (“to lead”), Low German fören (“to lead”), German führen (“to lead”), Luxembourgish féieren (“to lead”), Icelandic færa (“to move, carry, convey”), Faroese føra (“to lead, carry”), Swedish föra (“to lead, guide, steer, direct”), Danish føre (“to lead”), Norwegian Bokmål føre (“to lead”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da|føre}} Danish føre, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fōrijaną}} Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną, {{cog|nl|voeren||to lead}} Dutch voeren (“to lead”), {{cog|nds|fören||to lead}} Low German fören (“to lead”), {{cog|de|führen||to lead}} German führen (“to lead”), {{cog|lb|féieren||to lead}} Luxembourgish féieren (“to lead”), {{cog|is|færa||to move, carry, convey}} Icelandic færa (“to move, carry, convey”), {{cog|fo|føra||to lead, carry}} Faroese føra (“to lead, carry”), {{cog|sv|föra||to lead, guide, steer, direct}} Swedish föra (“to lead, guide, steer, direct”), {{cog|da|føre||to lead}} Danish føre (“to lead”), {{cog|nb|føre||to lead}} Norwegian Bokmål føre (“to lead”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fure (third-person singular simple present fures, present participle furing, simple past and past participle fured), {{tlb|en|Northern England|Scotland|obsolete}} (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete)
  1. To lead. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fure-en-verb-UF17wZnd
  2. To carry, bear, convey, transport. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fure-en-verb-nQbEUWfj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Northern England English, Pages with 11 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Northern England English: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 2 11 22 4 2 4 3 3 2 9 14 22 4
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