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Date "BURD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
"BURD" is a common misspelling or typo for: Bard, Bird, Bud, Bur, Burt, Byrd. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Burd (Helen). The Scotch female impersonation of the French preux or prudhomme, with this difference, that she is discreet, rather than brave and wise. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BURD |
| Specialty definitions using "BURD": Rowland. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BURD" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Frisian (beard). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BURD" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Burd | Last name | 1,000 | 8,502 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
burd ford | 30 |
burd | 12 |
burd cosmetic lady | 5 |
burd lady | 3 |
burd steve | 2 |
burd fletcher | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BURD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Ukrainian | дама (gentlewoman, lady, queen). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | byrde. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BURD": burden, burdened, burdener, burdeners, burdening, burdens, burdensome, burdie, burdies, burdock, burdocks, burds. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BURD": disburden, disburdened, disburdening, disburdenment, disburdenments, disburdens, overburden, overburdened, overburdening, overburdens, unburden, unburdened, unburdening, unburdens. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BURD" (pronounced ber"d) |
| 3 | b er" d | bird. |
| 2 | -er" d | absurd, blurred, chauffeured, concurred, conferred, curd, deferred, demurred, deterred, gird, heard, herd, incurred, inferred, interred, misheard, nerd, occurred, overheard, preferred, recurred, referred, reword, slurred, spurred, stirred, third, transferred, uncured, undeterred, unheard, word. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: drub. | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-r-u" | |
-1 letter: bud, bur, dub, rub, urb, urd. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-r-u" | |
+1 letter: burds, drubs, redub. | |
+2 letters: absurd, bedrug, bruted, budder, budger, burden, burdie, buried, burked, burled, burned, burped, burred, curbed, dauber, daubry, dorbug, dubber, dumber, durbar, redbud, redbug, redubs, rubbed, rubied, turbid, unbred. | |
+3 letters: abjured, absurds, bahadur, bedrugs, bludger, blunder, blurbed, blurred, blurted, bordure, boudoir, boulder, bounder, bourdon, bruised, bruited, brushed, budders, budgers, budworm, builder, buirdly, bundler, burbled, burdens, burdies, burdock, burgled, burseed, bursted, burweed, bustard, buzzard, crumbed, cudbear, daubers, daubery, daubier, disturb, dorbugs, doubler, doubter, drubbed, drubber, drumble, dubbers, durable, durably, durbars, embrued, grubbed, imbrued, obtrude, outbred, overdub, rebound, rebuild, rebuked, redbuds, redbugs, redoubt, rosebud, rubbled, rubdown, rubidic, rudesby, rumbaed, rumbled, sandbur, subadar, subarid, subduer, sunbird, umbered, unbraid, unrobed, upbraid. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Names: Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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