(v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
(n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
(n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
Example Sentences:
(1) Her voice, never her strong point, seemed to have gained in power, and she matched Paul Newman and Burl Ives blow for blow.
(2) Readers may recall the Burl Ives record about a poor, cold, tired hobo who sings about the fantastical land with "the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings …" Yup, that's where we're living now, although the chancellor might have ruled out "the lake of stew and of whiskey too", since whisky is up 36p a bottle, while stew tax remains unchanged.
(3) Whether you’re into Dusty’s Deep Cut reggae, minimal electronics, symphonic pop, Texas blues, Japanese noise, power electronics, children’s music, christmas music, Raymond Scott, or Burl Ives, I guarantee there is an online community where you can connect with other enthusiasts to indulge the minute specificity of your tastes.
(4) Of course, injuries to key players like Carlos Bocanegra, Bobby Burling and Marvin Chavez, handicapped Chivas USA, but Cabrera’s decision to give his older players - Mauro Rosales, Tony Lochhead and Oswaldo Minda – a rest after a taxing stretch of road games backfired, with his side short of structure.
(5) Extending over 250 hectares (617 acres), the park revolves around the Rinconada hippodrome, a horse racetrack built in the 50s by Californian architect Arthur Froehlich that, with the surrounding gardens designed by Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle-Marx, was once emblematic of the oil-rich nation's wealth.
(6) I don’t think she demonstrated it in the race against [Barack] Obama in 2008,” Burling said, adding that Sanders would contrast with Clinton because “he can speak with unfettered passion”.
(7) The warden of Angola prison, Burl Cain, has spoken out in forthright terms against a system that mandates punishment without any chance of rehabilitation.
(8) This interesting feature is conserved in the crystal structures of other thiazole nucleosides [Burling & Goldstein (1992).
(9) So I was really happy when Carlos Burle went and rode another big wave there this October; he's saying it was bigger than mine, more than 100ft.
(10) I don’t think you’ll find the socialist wing of the Democratic Party is that big, contrary to what Republicans might think.” Peter Burling, a former New Hampshire state senator, longtime Democratic party leader and a Clinton supporter, said Sanders might have an advantage over her in the amount of passion he can deliver.
(11) The Earth Island Institute is advising the law firm Covington & Burling, which filed the latest lawsuit in San Francisco on behalf of the plaintiffs.
(12) They were all so desperate to see if they could talk to the great man," said resident Peter Burling, who lived a few doors down from Salinger for 44 years.
(13) The fittings are finished in “maple burl gloss” and “antique bronze”.
(14) "You've got to keep the inmates working all day so they're tired at night," says Warden Burl Cain, a committed evangelist who believes that the rehabilitation of convicts is only possible through Christian redemption.
(15) It evokes Roberto Burle Marx's wave-patterned promenade along Copacabana beach: a rigid, northern European version.
(16) The archaeologist Aubrey Burl, an authority on prehistoric stone circles, said: “There could be something in it.
Burp
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) "When I burp and pass wind the smell is absolutely horrendous.
(2) Emissions from livestock, largely from burping cows and sheep and their manure, currently make up almost 15% of global emissions.
(3) A 'mere' three hours per week on Radio 2 earn him £530,000 a year, which works out at £3,397 an hour, which, if you are inclined, you can break down into pounds per minute or pennies per burp.
(4) ITV's coverage of the tournament to date may or may not provide some fodder for Harry Hill's TV Burp, which returned with 4.4 million viewers, rising to 4.61 million when ITV1+1 viewers were included – a 19.3% share of the audience.
(5) In some ways these films are a straightforward response to box-office disenfranchisement: a burp from the bible belt, ignored by an industry set on manufacturing global blockbusters.
(6) Let's Dance was up against ITV1's New You've Been Framed, with 4.112 million (18.3%) and Harry Hill's TV Burp, which had 5.278 million (22.2%).
(7) In one species of vocalizing fish, the plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus), large, nest-guarding males ('type I') use striated muscles to produce acoustic communication signals that include short duration (less than 1 s) 'burps' important in agonistic encounters and long duration (in the order of minutes) 'hums' which function in attracting females to nest sites during the breeding season.
(8) Like, she wouldn't know that it's not OK just to burp in someone's face at the dinner table, which allowed me to play her with a measure of black comedy.
(9) It is effective in prevention of reflux and the patient is able to burp and vomit if necessary.
(10) Jack And The Beanstalk, SECC, Glasgow, to 6 Jan Harry Hill Harry Hill Ex-Burp man 1 Binoculars To check that I've legally parked from the office window.
(11) I miss Harry Hill's TV Burp [on ITV] and [BBC1's] Total Wipeout."
(12) drew 4.1 million and 19% at 7pm, while at 7.30pm Harry Hill's TV Burp brought in 5.3 million and a 23% audience share, down 1 million and five share points on last week.
(13) At the same time on ITV1, 4.5 million were watching Harry Hill's TV Burp.
(14) Burping (44.53%) and proper posturing (92%) of the child is not being practiced.
(15) Females, and a second group of smaller reproductively active males ('type II') that 'sneak' spawn, do not generate hums, although they produce burps.
(16) As executive chairman Michael Grade said he would move upstairs to become non-executive chairman of the cash-strapped broadcaster, his content-led recovery policy bore fruit with singing contest The X Factor winning best entertainment programme, while Harry Hill beat Ross to take home the Bafta for entertainment performance for the second year in a row, for his often-hilarious look at the week's television, TV Burp.
(17) W e will then live with the statistical risk of some gigantic underground burp.
(18) Decision Rules and Regulating Functions were associated only for burping during a feeding.
(19) 42% had no knowledge about the proper technique for feeding; 74%, burping; 90%, weaning; and 75%, colostrum.
(20) It was enough to put ITV1's lineup to the sword, including New You've Been Framed, which had 3.9 million viewers (17.2%) between 7.20pm and 7.50pm, and Harry Hill's TV Burp, with 4.3 million viewers (18.9%) between 7.50pm and 8.20pm.