BURKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Burke mean? 

• BURKE (noun)
  The noun BURKE has 2 senses:

1. British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)

2. United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

  Familiarity information: BURKE used as a noun is rare.

• BURKE (verb)
  The verb BURKE has 2 senses:

1. murder without leaving a trace on the body

2. get rid of, silence, or suppress

  Familiarity information: BURKE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Burke; Edmund Burke

Instance hypernyms:

orator; public speaker; rhetorician; speechifier; speechmaker (a person who delivers a speech or oration)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Burk; Burke; Calamity Jane; Martha Jane Burk; Martha Jane Burke

Instance hypernyms:

frontierswoman (a woman who lives on the frontier)

• BURKE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they burke    ... he / she / it burkes   
Past simple: burked   
Past participle: burked   
-ing form: burking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Murder without leaving a trace on the body

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "burke" is one way to...):

bump off; dispatch; hit; murder; off; polish off; remove; slay (kill intentionally and with premeditation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get rid of, silence, or suppress

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

burke an issue

Hypernyms (to "burke" is one way to...):

conquer; stamp down; subdue; suppress (bring under control by force or authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Good! You can now go and fetch Mr. Culverton Smith, of 13, Lower Burke Street.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Children's Baseline/Screening Version 6/23/2010 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Children's Baseline/Screening Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Children's Since Last Visit Version 6/23/2010 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Children's Since Last Visit Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Screening Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Screening Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Children's Baseline Version 6/23/2010 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Children's Baseline Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Baseline/Screening Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Baseline/Screening Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Baseline Version 2009-01-14 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Baseline/Screening Version Phase 1 Study Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline/Screening Version Phase 1 Study 1/14/09 Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Since Last Visit Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Since Last Visit Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Already Enrolled Subjects Version 1/14/2009 (Posner, K.; Brent, D.; Lucas, C.; Gould, M.; Stanley, B.; Brown, G.; Fisher, P.; Zelazny, J.; Burke, A.; Oquendo, M.; Mann, J.; copyright 2008 The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.).

(Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale Already Enrolled Subjects Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)