Bur definition
Anything that clings like a bur.
noun
Bureau.
abbreviation
A rough protuberance, especially a burl on a tree.
noun
Burma.
abbreviation
A persistently clinging or nettlesome person or thing.
noun
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A weed or other plant with burs.
noun
The rough, prickly seedcase or fruit of certain plants, as the sticktight, cocklebur, etc.
noun
(dentistry) A cutting or drilling bit.
noun
To remove burs from.
verb
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Bureau.
abbreviation
Burma.
abbreviation
The definition of a bur is the rough case on a plant that holds seeds or fruit by hooks or teeth.
An example of a plant with burs is ragweed.
noun
Bur means to remove prickly parts.
An example of bur is to remove the prickly husks from a tumbleweed.
verb
Any of various rotary cutting tools designed to be attached to a drill.
noun
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A rough prickly husk or covering surrounding the seeds or fruits of plants such as the chestnut or the burdock.
noun
A plant producing such husks or coverings.
noun
Bureau.
abbreviation
Burmese.
abbreviation
A type of pseudocarp in which the outer surface possesses hooks or barbs. Burs become caught in the feathers or hair of animals, which then carry them away to disperse the seeds.
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A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
noun
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To burr.
verb
Origin of bur
- Middle English burre of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From a Scandinavian language, such as Danish burre (“bur, burdock”). See also burr.
From Wiktionary
- From Old English burh (“fortified place”)
From Wiktionary