Burred — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

remove the burrs from

having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːɹnətˌaɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/bˈɜːd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bˈɜːd/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːɹnətˌaɪt/.

Examples

a horse with a short bristly mane
bristly shrubs
burred fruits

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

briery prickly briary bur bristled setose setaceous thorny bristly spiny burry barbellate burr barbed

Parts of Speech

verb	remove the burrs from
adjective	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. “a horse with a short bristly mane”

Word Forms

bur	noun	seed vessel having hooks or prickles
burr	noun	seed vessel having hooks or prickles
barbel	noun	slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
briar	noun	a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
bristliness	noun	the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
bristle	noun	a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
prickle	noun	a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
prickliness	noun	the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
seta	noun	a stiff hair or bristle
spininess	noun	the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
thorniness	noun	the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
thorn	noun	a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

entgratet

Entfernen Sie die Grate

🇫🇷French

ébavuré

enlever les bavures de

🇪🇸Spanish

rebajado

quitar las rebabas de

🇮🇹Italian

sbavato

rimuovere le bave da

🇳🇱Dutch

gebraamd

verwijder de bramen

🇵🇹Portuguese

rebarbado

remova as rebarbas de

🇷🇺Russian

картавый

удалить заусенцы с

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गड़ा हुआ

गड़गड़ाहट को दूर करें

🇮🇳Tamil

எரிக்கப்பட்டது

இருந்து burrs நீக்க

🇮🇳Telugu

బర్రెడ్

నుండి బర్ర్స్ తొలగించండి

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸುರಿಸಲಾಯಿತು

ನಿಂದ ಬರ್ರ್ಸ್ ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പൊള്ളിച്ചു

ബർറുകൾ നീക്കം ചെയ്യുക

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

有毛刺的

去除毛刺

🇯🇵Japanese

バリのある

～からのバリを取り除きます

🇰🇷Korean

버레드

버를 제거하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chôn

loại bỏ các gờ khỏi

🇹🇭Thai

มีเสี้ยน

ลบเสี้ยนออกจาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

terkubur

menghilangkan gerinda dari

🇲🇾Malay

terburai

keluarkan burr dari

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نتوء

إزالة نتوءات من

🇮🇷Persian

گور شده

فرزها را از

🇹🇷Turkish

çapaklanmış

çapakları gidermek

🇮🇱Hebrew

נשבר

להסיר את הקוצים

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