bur

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

bur

bureau

Bur

prickly seedcase, nut, grain, acorn, pod, seed pod, boll; see also bramble, seed 1.

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.

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