Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Ääntäminen
US- Tuntematon aksentti:
- IPA: /bɜː(ɹ)k/
Käännöksiä ei löytynyt valitulle kohdekielelle.
Määritelmät
Verbi
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To murder by suffocation.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, historical) To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.
Substantiivi
Samankaltaisia sanoja
Esimerkit
- As soon as the executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries of ‘Burke him, Burke him—give him no rope’... were vociferated... ‘Burke Hare too!’
- Perhaps he is Burked, and his body sold for nine pounds.
- ‘You don’t mean to say he was burked, Sam?’ said Mr. Pickwick, looking hastily round.
- The reporters left it out... Those who spoke in favour of the poor men, were what the reporters call burked.
- He put away—burked—the Directors' letter, and went in to talk to Riley
- Socrates and Plato burked the issue.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | burked |
| Imperfekti | burked |
| Partisiipin preesens | burking |
| Monikko | burkes |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | burkes |