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Overview of verb burn

The verb burn has 15 senses


  • burn, fire, burn down -- (destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries")

  • burn, glow -- (shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning")

  • burn, combust -- (undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well")

  • bite, sting, burn -- (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face")

  • burn, combust -- (cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels")

  • burn -- (feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies")

  • burn, incinerate -- (cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil")

  • burn -- (burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem")

  • burn -- (spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn")

  • burn -- (feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning")

  • cauterize, cauterise, burn -- (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart")

  • sunburn, burn -- (get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun)

  • cut, burn -- (create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD")

  • burn off, burn, burn up -- (use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise")

  • burn -- (burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress")


Overview of adj burned

The adj burned has 3 senses


  • burned, burnt -- (treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point; "burnt sienna")

  • burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out -- (destroyed or badly damaged by fire; "a row of burned houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "a burned-over site in the forest"; "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars")

  • burned, burnt -- (ruined by overcooking; "she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits")