What does burning mean?

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ˈbɜr nɪŋburn·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. burning, combustionnoun

    the act of burning something

    "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"

  2. burn, burningnoun

    pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

  3. combustion, burningnoun

    a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

  4. electrocution, burningnoun

    execution by electricity

  5. burning, burning at the stakenoun

    execution by fire

  6. burningadjective

    a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

  7. burning(a)adjective

    of immediate import

    "burning issues of the day"

Wiktionary

  1. burningnoun

    A fire.

    The burnings continued all day.

  2. burningadjective

    So hot as to seem to burn (something).

    the burning sun

  3. burningadjective

    Feeling very hot.

    burning skin

  4. burningadjective

    Feeling great passion.

    her burning heart

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Burningnoun

    Fire; flame; state of inflammation.

    Etymology: from burn.

    The mind surely, of itself, can feel none of the burnings of a fever. South.

    In liquid burnings, or on dry to dwell,
    Is all the sad variety of hell. John Dryden, State of Innocence.

Wikipedia

  1. burning

    Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke. Combustion does not always result in fire, because a flame is only visible when substances undergoing combustion vaporize, but when it does, a flame is a characteristic indicator of the reaction. While the activation energy must be overcome to initiate combustion (e.g., using a lit match to light a fire), the heat from a flame may provide enough energy to make the reaction self-sustaining. Combustion is often a complicated sequence of elementary radical reactions.

ChatGPT

  1. burning

    Burning typically refers to the process of causing combustion or setting something on fire, resulting in the production of flames, heat, or smoke. It involves the rapid chemical reaction between a fuel source and an oxidizing agent, such as oxygen, leading to the release of energy in the form of heat and light. The act of burning can occur naturally, such as in wildfires, or as a controlled technique, including burning of waste materials or the ignition of fuel in engines.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Burning

    of Burn

  2. Burningadjective

    that burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery

  3. Burningadjective

    consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal

  4. Burningnoun

    the act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Burning

    (a) In a dynamo, the production of shifting and temporary arcs between the commutator and brushes, which arcs produce heat enough to injure the parts in question. (b) In electro-plating, a defect due to too strong a current in proportion to the strength of solution and area of electrodes. This gives a black or badly-colored deposit.

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British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'burning' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4491

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'burning' in Adjectives Frequency: #847

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of burning in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of burning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of burning in a Sentence

  1. Mike Pompeo:

    There's no doubt I'm burning fewer calories today than I was when I was able to get on the elliptical, so, yes, I knew there'd be chance that I would put some of the weight back on, and I probably have [in recent weeks]. But when I started this, I didn't have a target weight in mind. I just knew I needed to get healthier, and that's what I hope I can maintain — that mindset — for the rest of my life.

  2. Carlos Canino:

    A building in the middle of the city burning at 1 o'clock in the morning is suspicious.

  3. Leonard Cohen:

    Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

  4. Monique Ryan:

    Students had me in tears. We're talking about crops dying in the fields, and then fires burning the crops, and then a flood washing the fields away, the rage that I felt then led me to go,' right there's an election coming up. We can't allow this government another three years to allow our children's future to burn.'.

  5. Jan Ashford:

    There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people.

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