bur

[US]/bə:/
[UK]/bɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. bur; a prickly seed case or husk
vt. to remove the prickly husks from
Word Forms
Pluralburs
Third Person Singularburs
Present Participleburring
Past Tenseburred
Past Participleburred

Phrases & Collocations

bur machine

dental bur

remove burr

bur cutting

bur tool

Example Sentences

detach a check from the checkbook; detach burs from one's coat.

He picked off the burs that had stuck to his overcoat.

Our experimental evidence indicates that subjects do vote instrumentally, bur instrumental voting may lot fully explain voter turnouts in some real elections.

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