Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to burr
Participle: burred
Gerund: burring
Indicative
Present
| I | burr |
| you | burr |
| he;she;it | burrs |
| we | burr |
| you | burr |
| they | burr |
Perfect
| I | have burred |
| you | have burred |
| he;she;it | has burred |
| we | have burred |
| you | have burred |
| they | have burred |
Past
| I | burred |
| you | burred |
| he;she;it | burred |
| we | burred |
| you | burred |
| they | burred |
Pluperfect
| I | had burred |
| you | had burred |
| he;she;it | had burred |
| we | had burred |
| you | had burred |
| they | had burred |
Future
| I | will burr |
| you | will burr |
| he;she;it | will burr |
| we | will burr |
| you | will burr |
| they | will burr |
Future Perfect
| I | will have burred |
| you | will have burred |
| he;she;it | will have burred |
| we | will have burred |
| you | will have burred |
| they | will have burred |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | burr |
| you | burr |
| he;she;it | burr |
| we | burr |
| you | burr |
| they | burr |
Perfect
| I | have burred |
| you | have burred |
| he;she;it | have burred |
| we | have burred |
| you | have burred |
| they | have burred |
Imperfect
| I | burred |
| you | burred |
| he;she;it | burred |
| we | burred |
| you | burred |
| they | burred |
Pluperfect
| I | had burred |
| you | had burred |
| he;she;it | had burred |
| we | had burred |
| you | had burred |
| they | had burred |
Conditional
Present
| I | would burr |
| you | would burr |
| he;she;it | would burr |
| we | would burr |
| you | would burr |
| they | would burr |
Perfect
| I | would have burred |
| you | would have burred |
| he;she;it | would have burred |
| we | would have burred |
| you | would have burred |
| they | would have burred |
Imperative
| you | burr |
| we | Let's burr |
| you | burr |
Verbs conjugated like 'burr'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'burr'
birr,
blurr,
burk,
burl,
burn,
burp,
bury,
curr,
hurr,
murr,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”). See: Danish '
burre', Swedish '
borre'.
Sample Sentences
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The first thing Lucy noticed as she went in was a burring sound, and the first thing she saw was a kind-looking old she-beaver sitting in the corner with a thread in her mouth working busily at her sewing machine, and it was from it that the sound came. [1950, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, published 1998:]