burr

«burr» in Mova's school dictionary: a prickly seed case that sticks to clothes or fur, such… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a burr, burrs; also bur)

meaning for a pupil

1) A burr is a prickly seed case that sticks to clothes or fur, such as from burdock. tree →

2) A burr is a rough edge left on metal or wood after cutting. tree →

3) A burr is a way of speaking with a rolled r sound, as in some Scottish or West Country accents. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature lessons burrs show how plants spread seeds by hitching a ride on animals; they gave the idea for Velcro. In everyday life, children pick burrs off socks after a walk. Phrases: covered in burrs, a soft burr in his voice.

examples

• The dog came home covered in burrs. tree →
• I pulled burrs off my socks. tree →
• Burrs stick to fur with tiny hooks. tree →
• The file smoothed the burr on the metal edge. tree →
• The farmer spoke with a soft Scottish burr. tree →
• A man saw burrs on his dog and invented Velcro. tree →

note

Countable: a burr, burrs. Also spelled bur. Do not confuse with brr, a sound you make when cold, or with purr, the sound of a cat. Burr is said like the word her with a b.

In the corpora

• Some seeds hook onto animals' fur, like burdock burrs.

Trees and pragmatics

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