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- Dictionaryburn/bəːn/
verb
- 1. (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood: "a fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate" Similar
- 2. destroy, damage, or injure by heat or fire: "he burned all the letters" Similar
noun
- 1. an injury caused by exposure to heat or flame: "he was treated in hospital for burns to his hands"
- 2. consumption of a type of fuel as an energy source: "natural gas produces the cleanest burn of the lot"
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to cause emotional pain or damage to someone. burn someone at the stake. to kill someone by tying the person to a post and burning them: He refused to convert and was burned at the stake. See more. burn (something) to the ground. to completely destroy a building by fire:
1. a. : to consume fuel and give off heat, light, and gases. A small fire burned on the hearth. b. : to undergo combustion. Soft woods burn easily. Marc Hayot. also : to undergo nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.
to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate. Synonyms: flame. (of a fireplace, furnace, etc.) to contain a fire. to feel heat or a physiologically similar sensation; feel pain from or as if from a fire:
verb. /bɜːn/ /bɜːrn/ Verb Forms. Idioms Phrasal Verbs. fire. [intransitive] to produce flames and heat. A welcoming fire was burning in the fireplace. Fires were burning all over the city. A small candle burned brightly. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
an injury or damage caused by fire, heat, radiation, wind, caustics, etc.: in medicine, burns are classified as first-degree burn, reddening, second-degree burn, blistering, and third-degree burn, destruction of the skin and the tissues under it
Burn, the most general, applies to the effects of exposure to a source of heat or to something that can produce a similar effect: burned the muffins in the oven; skin burned by the wind and sun. Scorch involves superficial burning that discolors or damages the texture of something: scorched the shirt with the iron.
BURN definition: 1. to destroy something with fire, or to be destroyed by fire: 2. to produce flames: 3. If you…. Learn more.
sun/heat/acid. [intransitive, transitive] to be damaged or injured by the sun, heat, acid, etc.; to damage or injure someone or something in this way My skin burns easily (= in the sun). burn somebody I got badly burned by the sun yesterday. burn something The soup is hot.
Burn definition: to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire. See examples of BURN used in a sentence.
Definitions of burn. verb. destroy by fire. “They burned the house and his diaries” synonyms: burn down, fire. combust. undergo combustion. incinerate. cause to undergo combustion. see more. verb. burn with heat, fire, or radiation. “The iron burnt a hole in my dress” see more. verb. cause to burn or combust. “The sun burned off the fog”
