BUR (burred, burring)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bur mean?
• BUR (noun)
The noun BUR has 2 senses:
1. seed vessel having hooks or prickles
2. small bit used in dentistry or surgery
Familiarity information: BUR used as a noun is rare.
• BUR (verb)
The verb BUR has 1 sense:
1. remove the burrs from
Familiarity information: BUR used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BUR (noun)
Meaning:
Seed vessel having hooks or prickles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bur; burr
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)
Meaning:
Small bit used in dentistry or surgery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bur; burr
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)
• BUR (verb)
Meaning:
Remove the burrs from
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bur; burr
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
