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Linguistic and grammatical words.

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B is for Browned

Something is browned if it develops a brownish tint as it is baked. Browning is the very first stages of something being burnt, and usually means that the food is just cooked enough.

B is for Brunette

A brunette is someone who has black or brown hair.
Bucking is an action where a horse or similar animal jumps into the air and kicks its back legs up. This action usually makes whoever is on its back fall off.

B is for Bucked

Bucked is the past tense of buck. For example, "the horse bucked off it's rider".

B is for Build

You build something when you make it by putting together lots of smaller parts. The woman in the picture is building something out of lego.

B is for Built

Built is the past tense of build. For example, "I built a house".

B is for Bump

Used as a verb, you bump into something when you hit it, but not especially hard. You might bump your knee on your coffee table if you are walking around your living room in the dark.
As a noun, a bump is a raised, slightly rounded area on something else. The stone pillar in the picture has a lot of bumps carved into it.

B is for Buoyant

Something is buoyant if it floats.

B is for Burden

A burden is a heavy load someone is carrying. A burden may be a physical one, such as the load the man in the picture is carrying, or it may be an emotional burden.
You can use burden as a verb too, for example, "he burdened her with his secrets".

B is for Burdened

Someone is burdened if they are carrying a heavy load or burden.
A similar word to burdened is laden.

B is for Burned

Burned is the past tense of burn.
See also burnt.

B is for Burnt

Something is burnt or burned if it was on fire at some point in the past and is now blackened and charred. Food can become burnt if you cook it for too long.

B is for Burrs

Burrs is the plural of burr.

B is for Burst

A burst is when something suddenly pops open, usually because the pressure inside builds up too high for the container holding it. Bursting is used to describe new buds bursting into life, or fireworks bursting, or a bubble or balloon popping.

B is for Bury

You bury something when you cover it up with sand or dirt. The man in the picture is buried up to his neck in sand.

B is for Busk

You busk when you play music or put on some other kind of performance in a public place, and people give you money.

B is for Busy

Someone is busy if they are doing something. A place might be busy if there is a lot of things happening there, or many people there. A pattern is busy if it has a lot of confusing detail.

B is for Buy

You buy something when you give someone else some money in exchange for it. The man in the picture is in a shop buying some goods.
The opposite of buy is sell. The past tense of buy is bought.

B is for By

By might mean near, as in "she was sitting by the lake".

It might also be used to indicate who did something, for example "this book was written by my brother".

C is for Cacti

Cacti is the plural of cactus.