Definition of bur Bur

/bɚˈ/ - [ber] - Bur

We found 11 definitions of bur from 5 different sources.

What does bur mean?

Noun Plural: burs
bur - seed vessel having hooks or prickles
		burr
		pericarp, seed vessel the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
bur - small bit used in dentistry or surgery
		burr
		bit the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit"
Verb burs, buring, bured
bur - remove the burrs from
		burr
		take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"

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bur (Noun)
A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
bur (Noun)
Any of several plants having such husks.
bur (Noun)
A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.

bur
Burr, bur, the prickly seed-case or head of certain plants, which sticks to clothes: any impediment or inconvenient adherent: any lump, ridge, &c., more or less sharp, a knot on a tree, knot in thread, knob at the base of a deer's horn, &c.: waste raw silk: the sweetbread or pancreas: (Scot.) club-moss: the name for various tools and appliances, as the triangular chisel for clearing the corners of mortises, &c.: the blank driven out of a piece of sheet-metal by a punch: a partly vitrified brick.—ns. Bur′dock, a dock with a bur or prickly head; Bur′-this′tle, the spear-thistle.—Bur in the throat, something seeming to stick in the throat, producing a choking sensation. [Cog. with Dan. borre, a bur.]
bur
Burr, bur, n. the rough sound of r pronounced in the throat, as in Northumberland—v.i. to whisper hoarsely, to murmur. [Usually associated with preceding, but perh. from the sound.]
bur
bur, n. in an engraving, a slight ridge of metal raised on the edges of a line by the graver or the dry point, producing an effect like a smear, but dexterously used by some etchers, as Rembrandt, to deepen their shadows

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