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burred | unambiguous |

As a verb burred

is (burr).

As an adjective unambiguous is

clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity.

burred

English

Verb

(head)
  • (burr)

    • burr

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) burre, perhaps from (etyl) , from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
  • A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
  • A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
  • * Tomlinson
    • The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs .
  • A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
  • A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
  • The earlobe.
  • The knot at the bottom of an antler.
    • Synonyms
    * (kind of seed pod) sticker; bur
    Derived terms
    * deburr

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeia, influenced by bur.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rough humming sound.
  • A rolled "r".

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pronounce with a rolled "r".
  • To make a rough humming sound.

    • Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
  • * :
    • And there kyng Arthur smote syr mordred vnder the shelde wyth a foyne of his spere thorughoute the body more than a fadom / And whan syr Mordred felte that he had hys dethes wounde / He thryst hym self wyth the myght that he had vp to the bur of kynge Arthurs spere / And right so he smote his fader Arthur wyth his swerde holden in bothe his handes

    Etymology 4

    From burl.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British)
    • English onomatopoeias Geordie English

    unambiguous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity
  • * {{quote-journal
    • , year = 1965 , month = July , first = Donald , last = Knuth , coauthors = , title = On the Translation of Languages from Left to Right , journal = Information and Control , volume = 8 , issue = , url = http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~mckeeman/cs48/mxcom/doc/knuth65.pdf , pages = 707–639 , passage = }}
    An LR(k'') grammar is clearly unambiguous''', since the definition
    implies every derivation tree must have the same handle, and by induc-
    tion there is only one possible tree. It is interesting to point out further-
    more that nearly every grammar which is known to be '''unambiguous     is
    either an LR(''k'') grammar, or (dually) is a right-to-left translatable
    grammar, or is some grammar which is translated using "both ends to-
    ward the middle." Thus, the LR(''k     ) condition may be regarded as the most
    powerful general test for nonambiguity that is now available.

    Antonyms

    * ambiguous

    Related terms

    * unambiguity