📖 B — The English dictionary · page 57

burp — Everyday, meaning 1: To burp means to let air come up from your stomach out through your mouth with a noise.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A burp is that noise.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To burp a baby means to pat its back to help it bring up air after feeding.↗ Example: Fizzy drinks make me burp.↗ · He let out a loud burp and said excuse me.↗ · Dad burped the baby after her milk.↗ · It's polite to cover your mouth if you burp.↗ · The frog gave a funny burp.↗ · Eating too fast can make you burp.↗

burr — Everyday, meaning 1: A burr is a prickly seed case that sticks to clothes or fur, such as from burdock.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A burr is a rough edge left on metal or wood after cutting.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A burr is a way of speaking with a rolled r sound, as in some Scottish or West Country accents.↗ Example: The dog came home covered in burrs.↗ · I pulled burrs off my socks.↗ · Burrs stick to fur with tiny hooks.↗ · The file smoothed the burr on the metal edge.↗ · The farmer spoke with a soft Scottish burr.↗ · A man saw burrs on his dog and invented Velcro.↗

burrow — Everyday, meaning 1: A burrow is a hole or tunnel in the ground that an animal digs to live or hide in, like a rabbit's or wombat's burrow.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To burrow is to dig a hole or tunnel.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To burrow into something soft is to push yourself into it to get comfortable or hide: «She burrowed under the blankets.».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To burrow into a bag or pocket is to search deep inside it.↗ Example: The rabbit ran down its burrow.↗ · Wombats dig deep burrows in Australia.↗ · Moles burrow under the lawn.↗ · Earthworms burrow through the soil.↗ · The puppy burrowed under the blanket.↗ · She burrowed in her bag for her keys.↗ · Prairie dogs live in big burrows called towns.↗ · The fox waited outside the burrow.↗ · One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking, down a roadside ditch.↗

bursa — Everyday, meaning 1: (science, body) A small bag of fluid in the body, usually near a joint like the knee or elbow, that stops bones, muscles and tendons from rubbing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Bursa, a big city in north-west Turkey.↗ Example: A bursa helps your knee move smoothly.↗ · The footballer hurt the bursa in his elbow.↗ · Too much kneeling can swell the bursa in your knee.↗ · We flew to Bursa to visit relatives.↗ · The doctor said Grandma's sore shoulder was a swollen bursa.↗

burst — Everyday, meaning 1: To burst is to break open suddenly because there is too much inside, like a balloon or a pipe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To burst into or out of a place is to go in or out very suddenly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To burst into tears, laughter or song is to start doing it suddenly.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A burst is a short, sudden amount of something, like a burst of speed or a burst of noise.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To be bursting means to be very full or to want something very much.↗ Example: The balloon burst with a loud pop.↗ · A pipe burst and water flooded the kitchen.↗ · Tom burst into the room, shouting the news.↗ · The baby burst into tears.↗ · We all burst out laughing at the joke.↗ · The runner put on a burst of speed at the end.↗ · I'm bursting to tell you my secret.↗ · The bag was bursting with toys.↗ · Anastasia trembled, and burst into tears.↗ · The word of God is in them as they burst forth, and as they return; they obey the divine command, rushing along as a whirlwind, returning to prostrate themselves at his throne.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.↗ (Prophets NAM.1.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, mine inwards are as wine which hath no vent; like new wine-skins which are ready to burst.↗ (Writings JOB.32.19, JPS 1917)↗ · For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst: 'I will not transgress'; upon every high hill and under every leafy tree thou didst recline, playing the harlot.↗ (Prophets JER.2.20, JPS 1917)↗

burton — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK slang, «go for a burton») To be lost, broken, ruined or killed: «My holiday plans have gone for a burton.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Burton is an English surname and a place name, such as the town of Burton upon Trent, famous for brewing beer.↗ Example: Our picnic went for a burton when the rain came.↗ · «My new phone has gone for a burton,» said Mum after dropping it in the bath.↗ · Grandad says his knees have gone for a burton.↗ · The pilots said a lost friend had «gone for a burton».↗ · Burton upon Trent is a town in the Midlands.↗ · Mr Burton is our new teacher.↗

bury — Everyday, meaning 1: To bury means to put something in a hole in the ground and cover it with earth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To bury a dead person or animal means to put their body in the ground, usually with a ceremony.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To bury can mean to hide something under other things.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To bury yourself in something means to give it all your attention.↗ Example: The dog buried its bone in the garden.↗ · Squirrels bury acorns to eat in winter.↗ · The pirates buried their treasure on the island.↗ · We buried our hamster under the apple tree.↗ · My homework was buried under a pile of books.↗ · She buried her face in her hands.↗ · Archaeologists found a buried Viking ship.↗ · He buried himself in a good book.↗ · “Wendy, look at the turtles burying their eggs in the sand.”↗ · And Pharaoh said: 'Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.'↗ (Torah GEN.50.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come back.'↗ (Torah GEN.50.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.↗ (Torah GEN.23.20, JPS 1917)↗ · They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, with none to bury them.↗ (Writings PSA.79.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.↗ (Prophets EZK.39.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.↗ (Prophets 2KI.9.35, JPS 1917)↗

bus — Everyday, meaning 1: A bus is a big road vehicle that carries many people, often on a set route with stops.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A school bus takes children to and from school.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To bus people is to take them somewhere by bus.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (casual) «Hop on the bus», «catch the bus», «get the bus» all mean travel by bus; «the 12» means the bus number 12.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (casual) «Throw someone under the bus» means blame them to save yourself.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (rude) «The bloody bus is late again» is everyday grumbling.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (formal) Notices and exams say «omnibus» (old), «public transport vehicle», «passengers alighting» (getting off) and «passengers boarding» (getting on), «coach» for a long-distance bus.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: Old Southern speech uses "bus" or "bust" to mean to break or burst out suddenly.↗ Example: There were 28 children on the bus.↗ · At the stop, 7 children got off.↗ · 5 more got on.↗ · Each bus holds 40 people; how many buses are needed for 120?↗ · I go to school by bus.↗ · Hurry or we'll miss the bus!↗ · Stay in your seat while the bus is moving.↗ · bus at 8:40, its 8:25 now, how long?↗ · Bloody bus is late again, 20 minutes!↗ · He threw me under the bus and told Miss it was my idea.↗ · A vehicle conveying 28 passengers halts, whereupon 7 alight and 5 board.↗ Determine the number of passengers thereafter.↗ · The bus fare is 2 dollars for kids.↗

bush — Everyday, meaning 1: A bush is a plant like a small tree with many branches close to the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The bush (in Australia, New Zealand and Africa) is wild land far from towns, with trees and shrubs.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A bush of hair is a thick mass of it.↗ Example: Each bush has 20 berries.↗ · She planted 3 rows of 8 bushes.↗ · There are 15 rose bushes.↗ · How many berries on 6 bushes?↗ · A rabbit hid under the bush.↗ · We went bushwalking in the Blue Mountains.↗ · Stop beating around the bush and tell me!↗ · Bushfires can spread fast in hot, dry weather.↗ · "I've found a currant bush; don't pick it."↗ · And Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.'↗ (Torah EXO.3.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said: 'Moses, Moses.'↗ And he said: 'Here am I.' (Torah EXO.3.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.↗ (Torah EXO.3.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.↗ (Writings JOB.30.7, JPS 1917)↗

bushbaby — Everyday, meaning 1: A small African animal with huge round eyes, big ears and a long tail that lives in trees and comes out at night.↗ Also called a galago.↗ Example: The bushbaby leapt from tree to tree in the dark.↗ · A bushbaby has huge eyes for seeing at night.↗ · We heard a bushbaby crying in the African night.↗ · Bushbabies eat insects and tree gum.↗ · The zoo's nocturnal house has bushbabies.↗ · A bushbaby can jump much further than its own body length.↗

bushel — Everyday, meaning 1: A bushel is an old measure of dry things such as grain, apples or potatoes, about eight gallons.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A bushel is the basket or box used to hold that measure.↗ Example: The farmer sold six bushels of apples.↗ · Fill the bushel with wheat.↗ · The reward was a bushel of gold coins.↗

bushy — Everyday, meaning 1: Growing thickly, with lots of hair, fur or leaves: a bushy tail, bushy eyebrows, a bushy beard.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Covered with bushes: bushy land.↗ Example: The squirrel waved its bushy tail.↗ · Grandpa has big, bushy eyebrows.↗ · The fox has a long, bushy tail.↗ · The pirate had a bushy black beard.↗ · Trim the bushy hedge before it covers the path.↗ · You look bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this morning!↗ · "Well, but Uncle Remus, you said rabbits had long, bushy tails," replied the little boy.↗

busily — Everyday, meaning 1: In a busy way: working hard and actively at something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: While being very occupied with a task.↗ Example: The bees buzzed busily from flower to flower.↗ · Mum was busily packing for the trip.↗ · The pupils wrote busily until the bell rang.↗ · The Rat busily packed the lunch basket.↗ · Ants busily carried crumbs back to their nest.↗ · The shop assistant was busily stacking shelves.↗ · Everyone chatted busily before the show began.↗ · They entered a glovemaker's shop, where a woman sat sewing busily.↗

business — Everyday, meaning 1: A business is a company, shop or firm that makes or sells things to earn money.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Business is the work of buying, selling and making money.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Your business is something that concerns only you.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Business can mean a matter or affair, as in «a strange business».↗ Example: Her dad runs a small business selling bikes.↗ · We started a lemonade business in the summer.↗ · Mum is away on business.↗ · The bakery does good business on Saturdays.↗ · That's none of your business.↗ · Mind your own business!↗ · Let's get down to business.↗ · After the storm, it was business as usual.↗ · That merchant's business began to prosper wonderfully.↗ · They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters — (Writings PSA.107.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sorts were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.↗ (Writings 1CH.26.29, JPS 1917)↗ · For a dream cometh through a multitude of business; and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.↗ (Writings ECC.5.2, JPS 1917)↗

businessman — Everyday, meaning 1: A man who works in business, for example running a company, buying and selling, or working in an office in trade.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A man who is good at making deals and money.↗ Example: The businessman opened three new shops.↗ · My dad is a businessman who sells bikes.↗ · A local businessman paid for the new playground.↗ · The businessman flew to Tokyo for a meeting.↗ · He became a businessman after starting a lemonade stand.↗ · Businessmen and businesswomen met at the conference.↗