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burling

burling is the present participle and gerund of burl.

Meaning of burl

Verb

burl (third-person singular simple present burls, present participle burling, simple past and past participle burled)

  1. To remove the knots in cloth.

See all 5 meanings of burl

Proper noun capitalized: Burling

Burling (plural Burlings)

  1. A surname.
    • Jordan Burling died after going into cardiac arrest in the lounge of his house in Farnley, Leeds, in June 2016. […] Jordan shared his Farnley home with his mother, grandmother and uncle2018 June 14, “Jordan Burling death: Teen had 'lowest BMI doctor had seen'”, in BBC, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2023

Forms of burling

pluralBurlings

Origin of burling

From the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“diminutive marker”).

Words formed from burling

Phrases with burling

Questions about burling

What does burling mean?
Burling means a surname.
What is burling the present participle and gerund of?
Burling is the present participle and gerund of burl.
What part of speech is burling?
Burling is a proper noun.

Words near burling in the dictionary

  1. burliest
  2. burlike
  3. burlily
  4. burlin'
  5. burliness
  6. burling
  7. Burlingame
  8. Burlingamer
  9. Burlingamers
  10. Burlingames
  11. Burlingham

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burling (page history and authors); Burling (page history and authors); burl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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