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Burn

verb

(past & past part. burned or burnt; pres. part. burning)

1.

Destroy by fire. Synonyms: burn down, fire.

2.

Shine intensely, as if with heat. Synonym: glow. "The candles were burning"

3.

Undergo combustion. Synonym: combust.

4.

Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. Synonyms: bite, sting.

5.

Cause to burn or combust. Synonym: combust. "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

6.

Feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion. "He was burning to try out his new skies"

7.

Cause to undergo combustion. Synonym: incinerate. "The car burns only Diesel oil"

8.

Burn at the stake.

9.

Spend (significant amounts of money).

10.

Feel hot or painful.

11.

Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. Synonyms: cauterise, cauterize.

12.

Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun. Synonym: sunburn.

13.

Create by duplicating data. Synonym: cut. "Burn a CD"

14.

Use up (energy). Synonyms: burn off, burn up.

15.

Burn with heat, fire, or radiation.

noun

1.

Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire. Synonym: burning.

2.

A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun. Synonyms: sunburn, suntan, tan.

3.

An injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation.

4.

A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body). Synonym: burn mark.

5.

Damage inflicted by fire.

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... writing, perhaps, with a steel pen; the Declaration of Independence was signed with quills. It is, possibly, a rainy day. You put on rubbers, and you carry an umbrella. The men of '76 had to do as best they could without either. You burn coal in a furnace or stove; they must fain have warmed themselves with more cheery but less warming wood, in an open fireplace. Every article of your dress is an improvement in convenience and comfort on those worn by Washington in all ...

— The Nation in a Nutshell • George Makepeace Towle

... keep them clean. I must not scratch the enamel. I must not eat or drink anything very hot or very cold. I must not use them for scissors or nut-crackers. I must not burn them ...

— Object Lessons on the Human Body - A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City • Sarah F. Buckelew and Margaret W. Lewis

... Bremen, and which had a crew of eighteen men, who could easily maneuver her. She was a schooner, but while she carried her masts, she also was furnished with an engine of eighty horse-power. One of her boilers was so arranged that it could burn oil or fat, which was easily procurable in the arctic regions, in case their coal should fail. The schooner protected by its lining of oak, was further strengthened by transverse beams, so as to offer the greatest possible resistance to the pressure of the ice. Lastly, the front of it was ...

— The Waif of the "Cynthia" • Andre Laurie and Jules Verne

... business, how had it happened that I was walking through such a street as Dupont, and how did I suppose the doors of the saloon had happened to be open so early? It was all in such a tone as made my cheeks burn with a sense of shame and indignation, though I could not see what he was getting at. Then suddenly he veered and demanded how could I tell that the handle of the revolver had been mother-of-pearl when it ...

— The Other Side of the Door • Lucia Chamberlain

... cheek, alas! may fade Beneath the touch of years; The een where light and gladness play'd May soon graw dim wi' tears. I would love's fires should, to the last, Still burn as they begin; And beauty's reign too soon is past, So—has she ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various

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