bur


Definition: Meaning of, bur in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / bɜː /

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  1. seed vessel having hooks or prickles
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  2. small bit used in dentistry or surgery
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Present Participle Third Person Singular
  1. remove the burrs from
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bur used in phrases

  • buffalo bur (noun)
    1. north American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers
  • bur marigold (noun)
    1. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
  • bur oak (noun)
    1. medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood
  • bur reed (noun)
    1. marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit
  • bur-reed family (noun)
    1. coextensive with the genus Sparganium
  • trifid bur marigold (noun)
    1. bur marigold of temperate Eurasia
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bur used in phrasal verbs

  • burn away (phrasal verb)
    1. to remove something, or to be removed, by burning
  • burn down (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] to destroy a building or something large with fire, or to be destroyed in this way
    2. [intransitive] if a fire or flame burns down, it becomes smaller and less hot
  • burn in (phrasal verb)
    1. to use a piece of software continuously to check for problems
  • burn off (phrasal verb)
    1. to remove something by burning it
    2. burn off or burn up to use up energy or get rid of fat from your body by doing physical activity
  • burn out (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] if a fire burns out, or if it burns itself out, it stops burning
    2. [transitive] [usually passive] to completely destroy the inside of something such as a vehicle or building
  • burn up (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] if something burns up, or if it is burned up, fire completely destroys it
    2. [transitive] same as burn off (sense 2)
  • burst in on (phrasal verb)
    1. burst in on someone/something to suddenly enter a room where someone is doing something
  • burst into (phrasal verb)
    1. [transitive] burst into something to suddenly start doing something
    2. burst into flames to suddenly start burning with large flames
  • burst out (phrasal verb)
    1. burst out doing something to suddenly start laughing or crying
    2. to suddenly say or shout something
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