a seed vessel or flower head, as of burdock, having hooks or prickles
2.
any plant that produces burs
3.
a person or thing that clings like a bur
4.
a small surgical or dental drill
5. a variant spelling of burr3, burr4
verbWord forms: burs, burring or burred
6. (transitive)
to remove burs from
Also (for senses 1–4): burr
Word origin
C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish burre bur, Swedish kardborre burdock
burred in American English
(bɜːrd)
adjective
1.
prickly or rough in texture
2.
having a bur or burs
Word origin
[1905–10; bur1 + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airway, cadre, persona, scrounge, stabilizer-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: classified, frosted, integrated, loaded, sheltered
Examples of 'burred' in a sentence
burred
"His voice burred with overtones of a mother-tongue which wasn't English or South African - German, probably.
Jenkins, Geoffrey A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
Just perceptibly burred with a tinge of the northeast, her speech is precise and measured.