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pur
noun 3verb 1
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4ADJ.
used
VERB + PUR
eating, made
PUR + NOUN
cat, e, ed, potatoes
PREP.
into, up, with
Definitions
noun
1
Dated form of purr (“low murmuring sound as of a cat”).
The first — called by Laennec, from its resemblance to the pur of a cat, the purring tremor — is nearly always indicative of a valvular lesion. The second is caused by the to-and-fro motion of a roughened pericardium.
verb
1
Dated form of purr.
a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River And there the wild-cat purs amid her brood.
It appears to me, past all doubt, that its [the goatsucker's] notes are formed by organic impulse, by the parts of its windpipe formed for sound, just as cats pur.
noun
1
Initialism of polyurethane.
2
Initialism of person using radio.
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The first — called by Laennec, from its resemblance to the pur of a cat, the purring tremor — is nearly always indicative of a valvular lesion. The second is caused by the to-and-fro motion of a rough
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a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River And there the wild-cat purs amid her brood.
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It appears to me, past all doubt, that its [the goatsucker's] notes are formed by organic impulse, by the parts of its windpipe formed for sound, just as cats pur.
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He is eating sausage with puréed potatoes.
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She gathered up some of the fallen apples to cook up a purée.
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Pie pumpkins are made into a purée and used for pumpkin pie.
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