English Explanatory Dictionary

ure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Use, practise, exercise.
verb
  1. To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
noun
  1. Synonym of aurochs.
contraction
  1. Abbreviation of you're (you are).
name
  1. A river in North Yorkshire, England, which flows through Wensleydale
  2. A surname.

Word forms

ure ures uring ured

Etymology

From Middle English ure, from Anglo-Norman *ure, Old French uevre (modern French œuvre), from Latin opera (“work, labor”). Doublet of oeuvre, opera, and opus.

Synonyms

aurochs

Related words

aurochs urus

Derived words

inure
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