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Bury vs Burr - What's the difference?

bury | burr |

In transitive terms the difference between bury and burr

is that bury is to place in the ground while burr is to pronounce with a rolled "r".

In obsolete terms the difference between bury and burr

is that bury is a burrow while burr is a metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.

bury

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) burien, berien, from (etyl) .

Verb

  • To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
  • To place in the ground.
  • (transitive, often, figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
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  • (figuratively) To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
  • (figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Give me a bowl of wine. / In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.
  • (figuratively) To score a goal.
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  • (slang) To kill or murder.
    • Derived terms
    *
    Related terms
    * burial * burian * bury the hatchet

    Noun

    (buries)
  • (lb) A .
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury , and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

    • References

    Etymology 2

    See (borough).

    Noun

    (buries)
  • A borough; a manor
  • * 1843 , , book 2, ch. 5, "Twelfth Century"
    • Indisputable, though very dim to modern vision, rests on its hill-slope that same Bury , Stow, or Town of St. Edmund; already a considerable place, not without traffic

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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