"burl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɝl/ [General-American], /bɜːl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-burl.wav Forms: burls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology: From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bouril, bourril (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), from Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|burle|t=a knot or flaw in cloth}} Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), {{der|en|fro|bouril}} Old French bouril, {{der|en|fro|bourre}} Old French bourre, {{der|en|ML.|burra|t=flock of wool, coarse hair}} Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} burl (countable and uncountable, plural burls)
  1. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (tree growth): pahka (Finnish), loupe [feminine] (French), görcs (Hungarian), göcs (Hungarian), göcsört (Hungarian), pahka (Ingrian), pahko (Ingrian), bachòca [feminine] (Occitan), кап (kap) [masculine] (Russian), vril [common-gender] (Swedish), masurknöl [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-burl-en-noun-OwHReSL6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 10 4 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 6 5 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 15 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 9 4 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 65 12 14 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 12 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 63 15 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 67 15 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 67 13 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 66 17 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 74 9 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 8 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 64 15 13 9 Disambiguation of 'tree growth': 82 18 0
  2. Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (mottled wood): loupe [feminine] (French), кап (kap) [masculine] (Russian), lobanillo [masculine] (Spanish), lupia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-burl-en-noun-Fj8UWmMc Disambiguation of 'mottled wood': 5 90 5
  3. A knot or lump in thread or cloth. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-burl-en-noun-n4-lEz9W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: burr [UK] Derived forms: burler, burlwood, burly

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɝl/ [General-American], /bɜːl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-burl.wav Forms: burls [present, singular, third-person], burling [participle, present], burled [participle, past], burled [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology: From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bouril, bourril (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), from Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|burle|t=a knot or flaw in cloth}} Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), {{der|en|fro|bouril}} Old French bouril, {{der|en|fro|bourre}} Old French bourre, {{der|en|ML.|burra|t=flock of wool, coarse hair}} Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} burl (third-person singular simple present burls, present participle burling, simple past and past participle burled)
  1. To remove the knots in cloth.
    Sense id: en-burl-en-verb-9K-HCRwb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: burr [UK]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "tree growth",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vril"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tree growth",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "masurknöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mottled wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "loupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kap",
      "sense": "mottled wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кап"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mottled wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lobanillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mottled wood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lupia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "burl"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)l/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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        "t": "a knot or flaw in cloth"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old French bourre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "burra",
        "t": "flock of wool, coarse hair"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "burled",
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    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To remove the knots in cloth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knot",
          "knot"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɝl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɜːl/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)l"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "burr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "burl"
}

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