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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024burred (bûrd),USA pronunciation adj. - prickly or rough in texture.
- having a bur or burs.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024burr1 /bɜr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgya ragged edge formed on metal while during drilling, shearing, or engraving.
- a rough lump that sticks out on any object, as on a tree.
- Metallurgya hand-held rotary power tool used to cut small holes.
v. [~ + object] - to form a rough point or edge on.
- to remove burrs from.
Also, bur (for defs. 1, 3. ). burr3 /bɜr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Phoneticsa special pronunciation of (r) in some Northern English dialects or as in Scottish English.
- a whirring noise.
v. [no object] - to make a whirring sound:The phones in Europe don't seem to ring; they burr.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024burr1 (bûr),USA pronunciation n. - Mechanical Engineering, MetallurgyAlso, buhr. a protruding, ragged edge raised on the surface of metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
- a rough or irregular protuberance on any object, as on a tree.
- Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgya small, hand-held, power-driven milling cutter, used by machinists and die makers for deepening, widening, or undercutting small recesses.
- a lump of brick fused or warped in firing.
v.t. - to form a rough point or edge on.
- deburr. Also, bur (for defs. 1, 3).
- spelling, spelled variant of bur1 1605–15
- Buildinga washer placed at the head of a rivet.
- Metallurgya blank punched out of a piece of sheet metal.
Also, bur. - 1375–1425; late Middle English burrewez (plural), buruhe circle, variant of brough round tower; see broch
- Phoneticsa pronunciation of the r- sound as a uvular trill, as in certain Northern English dialects.
- Phoneticsa pronunciation of the r- sound as an alveolar flap or trill, as in Scottish English.
- any pronunciation popularly considered rough or nonurban.
- a whirring noise.
v.i. - to speak with a burr.
- to speak roughly, indistinctly, or inarticulately.
- to make a whirring sound.
v.t. - to pronounce (words, sounds, etc.) with a burr.
- apparently both imitative and associative, the sound being thought of as rough like a bur 1750–60
- Rocksburstone.
Also, buhr. - Middle English burre, probably so called from its roughness 1250–1300
- Biographical Aaron, 1756–1836, vice president of the U.S. 1801–05.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: burr /bɜː/ n - a small power-driven hand-operated rotary file, esp for removing burrs or for machining recesses
- a rough edge left on a workpiece after cutting, drilling, etc
- a rough or irregular protuberance, such as a burl on a tree
n , vb - a variant spelling of bur
Etymology: 14th Century: variant of bur burr /bɜː/ n - an articulation of (r) characteristic of certain English dialects, esp the uvular fricative trill of Northumberland or the retroflex r of the West of England
- a whirring sound
vb - to pronounce (words) with a burr
- to make a whirring sound
Etymology: 18th Century: either special use of bur (in the sense: rough sound) or of imitative origin |