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burred

American  
[burd] / bɜrd /

adjective

  1. prickly or rough in texture.

  2. having a bur or burs.


Etymology

Origin of burred

First recorded in 1905–10; bur 1 + -ed 2


Example Sentences

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Her voice is low and gently burred, her affect is a funky mix of playfulness and precision.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2020

Camera shutters burred; the guizers yelled; and the longship, traveling in the opposite direction, scythed through the fire like a ghostly spectre.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2015

Mr. Starr has a skinny, burred voice that sounds as if he were quivering, and when the guitarist Paul Jackson chimes in with high harmony vocals, as on “Six Ways to Sunday,” it’s bracing.

From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2012

If your edges are burred, they'll be way more likely to catch-so, Sam, go ahead and use a stone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shallow rectangular pockets of perforated nickel-steel were fitted in the holes and then burred over the framework by high pressures.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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