burr
3
7.5
- noun
- /bɜr/
:
fruto espinoso
- As we walked through the tall grass, we had to stop several times to remove the burrs clinging to our clothes.
- burrs stick
- pick off burrs
- pull burrs
And so they use those burrs and they'll actually attach on to the to the fabric right here.
- And so they use those burrs and they'll actually attach on to the to the fabric right here.
- Small insects flit from Burr to Burr, a scrap of rags thrown over a Shard of star Thistle.
Examples
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Their coats were shaggy and rough and full of burrs, I remember.
Fiction book (1995) -
Its fur was matted and full of sticker burrs.
Fiction book (1995) -
Off come the sweat pants, inside out, with all the burrs inside.
Blog text (26) -
I'd heard of sand burrs, but not Aaron.
Fiction book (1997) -
I fall flat on my face in the burr bushes because my legs are stuck together with burrs!
Blog text (26) -
I tear at the burrs, pulling out hundreds, and I still can't walk.
Blog text (26) -
The sheets were often strewn with burrs and crushed leaves.
Fiction book (1997) -
I walked up the lost driveway, my socks collecting foxtails and burrs, toward the house where I grew up.
Fiction book (1993) -
You buried your feet in the grass—despite the burrs—till they hurt.
Fiction book (1990) -
Vicky's braided ponytail had burrs in it and a little stick just the size of a praying mantis.
Fiction book (1992)
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Etymology
Burr comes from an old word for a 'prickly seed' or fruit that clings to animals and clothes, giving a clear picture of something rough and sticky. That's why we still call those clingy plant bits 'burrs'.