different between rasp vs burr
rasp
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æsp/, /???sp/
- Rhymes: -æsp, -??sp
Etymology 1
From Middle English raspen, partly from Middle Dutch raspen and partly from Old French rasper; both ultimately from Frankish *hrasp?n, from Proto-Germanic *hrasp?n?, related to Proto-Germanic *hrespan? (“to tear”). Compare Old High German rasp?n (“to scrape”), Old English ?ehrespan (“to tear”).The noun is from Middle French raspe.
Noun
rasp (plural rasps)
- A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
- The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
Hypernyms
- file
Translations
Verb
rasp (third-person singular simple present rasps, present participle rasping, simple past and past participle rasped)
- (intransitive) To use a rasp.
- (intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
- (transitive) To work something with a rasp.
- (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
Translations
Etymology 2
From raspberry.
Noun
rasp (plural rasps)
- (obsolete) The raspberry.
Hypernyms
- berry
Anagrams
- APRs, Arps, PSRA, RAPs, arps, pars, raps, sapr-, spar
Dutch
Etymology
From Old French raspe (“steel file”); see modern French râper (“to grate”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rasp f (plural raspen, diminutive raspje n)
- grater, for example for cheese
- surform tool
Verb
rasp
- first-person singular present indicative of raspen
- imperative of raspen
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
rasp
- imperative of raspe
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burr
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /b?/
- Homophones: Burr, brr
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”).
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
- Synonym: sticker
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:
- But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.
- A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
- A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
- A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- The ear lobe.
- The knot at the bottom of an antler.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic, influenced by bur. Compare to French bruire
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- A rough humming sound.
- A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
Translations
Verb
burr (third-person singular simple present burrs, present participle burring, simple past and past participle burred)
- (transitive) To pronounce with a uvular "r".
- (intransitive) To make a rough humming sound.
- 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,
- 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, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,
Translations
Etymology 3
Origin uncertain.
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
Etymology 4
From burl.
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- (Britain) Alternative spelling of burl
Albanian
Alternative forms
- bunnë (Gheg)
- burrë (Standard, Tosk)
Noun
burr
- (Gheg) husband
- (Gheg) man
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“male offspring; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to bear, carry, bring”). Cognate with Old English byre, Gothic ???????????????? (baur).
Noun
burr m
- son
- (when preceded by genitive of j?rð) kenning for Thor.
- verse 1 of the Þrýmskviða, (1936 translation by Henry Adams Bellows)
- verse 1 of the Þrýmskviða, (1936 translation by Henry Adams Bellows)
- (when preceded by genitive of j?rð) kenning for Thor.
- poet
Declension
Synonyms
- (son): sonr
Descendants
- Icelandic: bur
References
- burr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Yatzachi Zapotec
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish burro.
Noun
burr (possessed xpurr)
- donkey
- donkey-load
Derived terms
References
- Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)?[6], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 31
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