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Definition of 'burn'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) burn
to consume fuel and give off heat, gases, and usu. light; be on fire.

2.  burn
to undergo combustion; oxidize.

3.  burn
to undergo fission or fusion.

4.  burn
(of a fireplace, furnace, etc.) to contain a fire.

5.  burn
to give off light; glow brightly:
The lights burned all night.

6.  burn
to be hot:
The pavement burned in the noon sun.

7.  burn
to produce or feel sharp pain or a stinging sensation:
The whiskey burned in his throat.

8.  burn
to be injured, damaged, scorched, or destroyed by fire, heat, or acid.

9.  burn
to feel extreme anger.

10.  burn
to feel strong emotion:
to burn with desire.

11.  burn
to sunburn.

12.  burn
Slang. to die in an electric chair.

13.  burn
to be engraved by or as if by burning:
His words burned into her heart.

14. (v.t.) burn
to cause to undergo combustion or be consumed partly or wholly by fire.

15.  burn
to use as fuel or as a source of light:
to burn coal.

16.  burn
to sunburn.

17.  burn
to injure, damage, scorch, or destroy with or as if with fire.

18.  burn
to execute by burning at the stake.

19.  burn
to produce with or as if with fire:
to burn a hole.

20.  burn
to cause sharp pain or a stinging sensation in:
The iodine burned his cut.

21.  burn
Slang. to cheat, deceive, or swindle:
burned by a phony stock deal.

22.  burn
to record data on (a compact disc).

23.  burn
burn down, to burn to the ground.

24.  burn
burn in,

25.  burn
(in printing from a photographic negative) to expose (parts of an image) to more light for increased density.

26.  burn
to run (a new computer or other electronic system) continuously for several hours or days, as a test of quality before delivery to the purchaser.

27.  burn
burn off, (of morning mist) to be dissipated by the warmth of the rising sun.

28.  burn
burn out,

29.  burn
to cease operating or functioning because of heat, friction, or lack of fuel.

30.  burn
to deprive of a place to live, work, etc., by reason of fire.

31.  burn
to exhaust (oneself) or become exhausted or apathetic through overwork, stress, or intense activity.

32.  burn
burn up,

33.  burn
to burn completely.

34.  burn
Informal. to make or become angry.

35. (n.) burn
a burned place or area.

36.  burn
an injury caused by heat, abnormal cold, chemicals, poison gas, or electricity, and characterized by a painful reddening and swelling of the epidermis

37.  burn
the process or an instance of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.

38.  burn
the firing of a rocket engine.

39.  burn
Slang. a swindle.

40. (Scot.) burn
a brook or rivulet.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME b(o)urne, OE burna, brunna brook)

Definition of 'burn'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) burn, burning
pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

2. (noun) tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

3. (noun) burn
an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

4. (noun) burn, burn mark
a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)

5. (verb) burn
damage inflicted by fire

6. (verb) burn, fire, burn down
destroy by fire
"They burned the house and his diaries"

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

8. (verb) burn, combust
undergo combustion
"Maple wood burns well"

9. (verb) bite, sting, burn
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
"The sun burned his face"

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

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

12. (verb) burn, incinerate
cause to undergo combustion
"burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"

13. (verb) burn
burn at the stake
"Witches were burned in Salem"

14. (verb) burn
spend (significant amounts of money)
"He has money to burn"

15. (verb) burn
feel hot or painful
"My eyes are burning"

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

17. (verb) sunburn, burn
get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

18. (verb) cut, burn
create by duplicating data
"cut a disk"; "burn a CD"

19. (verb) burn off, burn, burn up
use up (energy)
"burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

20. (verb) burn
burn with heat, fire, or radiation
"The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

Definition of 'burn'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) burn
to injure, damage or destroy with fire, heat or a chemical reaction
The house had been burned to the ground.; They burned the papers to destroy the evidence.; Don't burn the toast.; The chemical burned a hole through the metal.

2.  burn
to produce fire, heat or light
burning leaves; candles burning in the window

3.  burn
to feel hot or sore
Her cheeks burned slightly.

4.  burn
to feel emotion strongly
He was burning with desire/curiosity.

5.  burn
to transfer information onto a CD
to burn a CD

6.  burn
burn your bridges/boats
to make it impossible to return to an earlier state
Never burn your bridges with previous employers.

7. (noun) burn
an injury caused by fire or heat
severe burns

Definition of 'burn'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) burn
a hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat

2. (noun) burn
the operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn

3. (noun) burn
a disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6

4. (noun) burn
a small stream

5. (verb) burn
to consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood

6. (verb) burn
to injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass

7. (verb) burn
to perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime

8. (verb) burn
to make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block

9. (verb) burn
to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper

10. (verb) burn
to apply a cautery to; to cauterize

11. (verb) burn
to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen

12. (verb) burn
to be of fire; to flame

13. (verb) burn
to suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat

14. (verb) burn
to have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever

15. (verb) burn
to combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine

16. (verb) burn
in certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought

Translation of 'burn'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to destroy, damage or injure by fire, heat, acid etc The fire burned all my papers; I've burnt the meat.
Afrikaans: brand	Arabic: يَحْرِقُ	Bulgarian: изгарям
Brazilian: queimar	Czech: (s)pálit	German: verbrennen
Danish: brænde	Greek: καίω, καταστρέφω καίγοντα	Spanish: quemar
Estonian: põletama, kõrvetama	Farsi: سوختن؛ سوزاندن	Finnish: polttaa
French: brûler	Hebrew: לִשְרוֹף	Hindi: जलना, जलाना
Croatian: zapaliti	Hungarian: (el)éget	Indonesian: membakar
Icelandic: loga, brenna	Italian: bruciare	Japanese: 焼く
Korean: 타다, 파괴하다	Lithuanian: (su)deginti, nudeginti	Latvian: []degt; apdegt; piedegt
Malay: bakar	Dutch: verbranden	Norwegian: brenne
Polish: palić	Persian: سوختن؛ سوزاندن	Pashto: سوځول
Portuguese: queimar	Romanian: a arde	Russian: сжигать
Slovak: (s)páliť	Slovenian: zažgati	Serbian: spaliti
Swedish: brinna (bränna, elda) [up	Thai: เผาไหม้	Turkish: yakmak
Taiwanese: 燒毀	Ukrainian: палити	Urdu: جلا کر راکھ کرنا
Vietnamese: đốt cháy	Chinese: 烧坏
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