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Bunting
- verb - a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
- any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
- hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
Buoying
- verb - float on the surface of water
- keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"
- mark with a buoy
Burking
- verb - get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
- murder without leaving a trace on the body
Burling
- verb - remove the burls from cloth
Burning
- verb - a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
- a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
- burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
- cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
- create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
- destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
- execution by electricity
- execution by fire
- feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
- fee
Burping
- verb - a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
- expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table"
Burying
- verb - concealing something under the ground
- cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
- embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
- enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
- place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
- place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"
Bushing
- verb - a cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction
- an insulating liner in an opening through which conductors pass
- provide with a bushing
Busking
- verb - play music in a public place and solicit money for it; "three young men were busking in the plaza"