bur¹ Definition
bur (bʉr)
noun
- the rough, prickly seedcase or fruit of certain plants, as the sticktight, cocklebur, etc.
- a weed or other plant with burs
- anything that clings like a bur
- Dentistry a cutting or drilling bit
- burr & burr
Etymology: ME burre < Scand; akin to Dan burre, Swed borre < IE *bhors-: for base see bristle
transitive verb burred, bur′·ring
- to remove burs from
- to burr
bur² Definition
bur
bureau
Bur Definition
Bur
- Bureau
- Burma
- Burmese
bur Synonyms
bur Usage Examples
Object
noise: John takes his pipes, inflates them till they make a burring noise and squeak an out of key sound.
Adjective modifier
small: Remove a semi-circle of bone from the buccal alveolar crest with a small round bur ( ½ or 1 ).
Modifies a noun
reed: It lives on branched bur reed where its larvae live in the roots and the adults on the plants above water.
Modifying Another Word
- heavily: The trunk can become heavily burred with age in some trees.
- n't: But I decided to listen to them as they burn't in and I can report that things did improve considerably and gradually.
Noun used with modifier
- round: Reduce any bony abnormalities with a round bur ( with water irrigation ) or a bone file.
- book: Lower back stand to book bur will usa holiday insurance provide robes.
- cross: As told at school Jesus died on the cross bur rose again hence Easter sunday.
Preposition: of
specie: The burs of this species can cause mechanical injury to cattle, and spoil sheeps ' wool.
Followed by an intransitive particle
over: Bolts are burred over to prevent the nuts from being removed.
Browse dictionary entries near bur
- ‹ buprestid
- ‹ buppie
- ‹ buoyant
- ‹ buoyancy
- ‹ buoy (up)
- ‹ buoy
- ‹ Buonarroti
- ‹ Buonaparte
- ‹ buon giorno
- ‹ Bunyan
- bur marigold ›
- bur oak ›
- bur reed ›
- buran ›
- Burbage ›
- Burbank ›
- burble ›
- burbot ›
- burbs ›
- Burckhardt ›

