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Trade From Which John Jacob Astor Made His Fortune Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "FUR" which means:
- noun
- • The dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- • Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
- • A garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur verb
- • To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
- • To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
- • To level a surface by applying furring to it. preposition
- • Towards; in the direction of.
- • Directed at; intended to belong to.
- • In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
- • To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
- • Supporting, in favour of.
- • Because of.
- • Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
- • Over (a period of time).
- • Throughout or across (a distance in space).
- • Used to introduce a subject within a to-infinitive clause.
- • On behalf of.
- • In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
- • In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
- • In order to obtain or acquire.
- • By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
- • To be, or as being.
- • (usually in the phrase 'for all') despite, in spite of.
- • Indicating something desired or anticipated.
- • (in expressions such as 'for a start') introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.
- • (with names) in honor of; after.
- • Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
- • Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
- • Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
- • Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
- • Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc. conjunction
- • Because, as, since.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She wore a luxurious fur coat to the party."
- • "The cat's fur was soft and shiny."
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