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BUR
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Irregular inflected forms: burred , burring
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small bit used in dentistry or surgery
Synonyms:
bur; burr
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bur" is a kind of...):
bit (the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press)
Holonyms ("bur" is a part of...):
burr drill; dentist's drill (a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Seed vessel having hooks or prickles
Synonyms:
bur; burr
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bur" is a kind of...):
pericarp; seed vessel (the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bur"):
beggar-ticks; Spanish needles (the seed of bur marigolds)
Derivation:
bur (remove the burrs from)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the burrs from
Synonyms:
bur; burr
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "bur" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
bur (seed vessel having hooks or prickles)
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