bur

«bur» in Mova's school dictionary: a prickly seed case or head of a plant that sticks to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (burs)

meaning for a pupil

A bur is a prickly seed case or head of a plant that sticks to fur, wool and clothes. tree →

sense in the lessons

a prickle that catches in an animal's coat, such as wolves with «thorns and burs» in their coats

examples

• The dog came home covered in burs. tree →
• I pulled a bur off my sock. tree →
• Thorns and burs stuck in the sheep's wool. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bur» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.