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# bur

noun (burs)

«bur» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A bur is a prickly seed case or head of a plant that sticks to fur, wool and clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bur/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bur/#x1)
- I pulled a bur off my sock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bur/#x2)
- Thorns and burs stuck in the sheep's wool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bur/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bur» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bur/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bur» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bur.html) on Mova free.