burred
Spoke with trill
Burred describes something with burrs—the prickly seed cases that cling to clothing and animal fur.
A burred sweater has picked up hitchhiking seeds.
The word also applies to speech with a burr, meaning a rolled or trilled R sound: his burred Scottish accent.
In machining, a burred edge has rough metal projections left from cutting or drilling.
Having tactile surface quality
- coarseRough in texture
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
- ridgedHaving raised lines
- knobbyHaving small bumps
prickly · raspy · nubby · scratchy · abrasive · gritty · uneven · bristly
Spiny flowering weed
- cockleburHooked seed casing
- burdockPrickly-burred wild plant
- clingingGripping without release
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
hooked · prickly · sticky · spiny · velcro · hitchhiker · seedpod · bramble
textured
Having tactile surface quality
knobby · prickly · raspy · nubby · scratchy · abrasive · gritty · uneven · bristly · sandpapery
thistle
Spiny flowering weed
seeds · hooked · prickly · sticky · spiny · velcro · hitchhiker · seedpod · bramble · nettle
slurred
Indistinctly articulated
- indistinctUnclear, hard to perceive
- muffledMade quieter, less distinct
- unclearNot easily understood
thick · guttural · rolling · trilled · Scottish · accented · throaty · rasping · gruff · hoarse
whirring
Continuous buzzing sound
grinding · droning · resonant · thrumming · rumbling · rattling · spinning · rotating · motorized · friction
- Aaron BurrDeadly duelist, once VP
- burr grinderDevice crushing beans between plates
- burr under one's saddleOngoing petty irritation
- Bill Burr
- burr in one's saddleOngoing petty vexation