1. seed vessel having hooks or prickles (Freq. 2) • Syn: bur • Derivationally related forms: burry, bur (for: bur) • Hypernyms: pericarp, seed vessel • Hyponyms: Spanish needles, beggar-ticks 2. rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: projection 3. rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece • Hypernyms: power tool 4. small bit used in dentistry or surgery • Syn: bur • Hypernyms: bit • Part Holonyms: dentist's drill, burr drill
II - verb
remove the burrs from • Syn: bur • Derivationally related forms: bur (for: bur) • Hypernyms: remove, take, take away, withdraw • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
