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burnt /bɜː ^r nt/ Burnt is a past tense and past participle of burn .

bu rnt-out also burned-out

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Burnt-out vehicles or buildings have been so badly damaged by fire that they can no longer be used. □  …a burnt-out car.

2 ADJ If someone is burnt-out , they exhaust themselves at an early stage in their life or career because they have achieved too much too quickly. [INFORMAL ] □  But everyone I know who kept it up at that intensity is burnt out.

burp /bɜː ^r p/ (burps , burping , burped ) VERB When someone burps , they make a noise because air from their stomach has been forced up through their throat. □ [V ] Charlie burped loudly. ● N‑COUNT Burp is also a noun. □  There followed a barely audible burp.

burqa /bɜː ^r kə/ also burka (burqas ) N‑COUNT A burqa is a long garment that covers the head and body and is traditionally worn by women in Islamic countries.

burr /bɜː ^r / (burrs ) The spelling bur is also used for meaning 1 . 1 N‑COUNT A burr is the part of some plants which contains seeds and which has little hooks on the outside so that it sticks to clothes or fur.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If someone has a burr , they speak English with a regional accent in which 'r' sounds are pronounced more strongly than in the standard British way of speaking. □  …a warm West Country burr.

bur|row /bʌ roʊ, [AM ] bɜː -/ (burrows , burrowing , burrowed )

1 N‑COUNT A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.

2 VERB If an animal burrows into the ground or into a surface, it moves through it by making a tunnel or hole. □ [V prep/adv] The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.

3 VERB If you burrow in a container or pile of things, you search there for something using your hands. □ [V prep/adv] He burrowed into the pile of charts feverishly.

4 VERB If you burrow into something, you move underneath it or press against it, usually in order to feel warmer or safer. □ [V prep/adv] She turned her face away from him, burrowing into her heap of covers.

bur|sar /bɜː ^r sə ^r / (bursars ) N‑COUNT The bursar of a school or college is the person who is in charge of its finance or general administration.

bur|sa|ry /bɜː ^r səri/ (bursaries ) N‑COUNT A bursary is a sum of money which is given to someone to allow them to study in a college or university. [mainly BRIT ]

burst ◆◇◇ /bɜː ^r st/ (bursts , bursting ) The form burst is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. 1 VERB If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out. □ [V ] The driver lost control when a tyre burst. □ [V n] It is not a good idea to burst a blister. □ [V -ed] …a flood caused by a burst pipe.

2 VERB If a dam bursts , or if something bursts it, it breaks apart because the force of the river is too great. □ [V ] A dam burst and flooded their villages. [Also V n]

3 VERB If a river bursts its banks, the water rises and goes on to the land. □ [V n] Monsoons caused the river to burst its banks.

4 VERB When a door or lid bursts open, it opens very suddenly and violently because someone pushes it or there is great pressure behind it. □ [V open ] The door burst open and an angry young nurse appeared. [Also V apart ]

5 VERB To burst into or out of a place means to enter or leave it suddenly with a lot of energy or force. □ [V prep/adv] Gunmen burst into his home and opened fire.

6 VERB If you say that something bursts onto the scene, you mean that it suddenly starts or becomes active, usually after developing quietly for some time. [JOURNALISM ] □ [V + onto/upon ] He burst onto the fashion scene in the early 1980s.

7 N‑COUNT A burst of something is a sudden short period of it. □ [+ of ] …a burst of machine-gun fire. □  The current flows in little bursts.

▸  burst into