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bur (bʉr)

noun

  1. the rough, prickly seedcase or fruit of certain plants, as the sticktight, cocklebur, etc.
  2. a weed or other plant with burs
  3. anything that clings like a bur
  4. Dentistry a cutting or drilling bit
  5. burr & burr

Etymology: ME burre < Scand; akin to Dan burre, Swed borre < IE *bhors-: for base see bristle

transitive verb burred, burring bur′·ring

  1. to remove burs from
  2. to burr
bur2 definition

bur

bureau
Bur definition

Bur

  1. Bureau
  2. Burma
  3. Burmese

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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