Word: Burn
How to pronounce: bɜːn
Verb
Definitions:
1. (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.
Example sentences: "A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate"
2. Destroy, damage, or injure by heat or fire.
Example sentences: "He burned all the letters"
3. Produce (a compact disc or DVD) by copying from an original or master copy.
Example sentences: "You can purchase and download hardware and software MPEG Encoders to burn a DVD."
4. Drive or move very fast.
5. Insult (someone) in a particularly cutting way.
Noun
Definitions:
1. An injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.
Example sentences: "He was treated in the hospital for burns to his hands"
2. Consumption of a type of fuel as an energy source.
Example sentences: "Natural gas produces the cleanest burn of the lot"
3. An act of clearing of vegetation by burning.
Example sentences: "In the period prior to the bush fire danger period, landholders are still responsible for any burning activity including pile burns or broad acre burns."
Noun
Definitions:
1. A small stream; a brook.
Example sentences: "Make sure you are casting where saltwater meets the fresh of a burn, stream or river."
Synonyms:
sunburn
tan
singe
scorch
sizzle
be on
kindle
immolate
ignite
enkindle
inflame
catch
incinerate
fade
cremate
seethe
flare
blaze
glow
flame
shine
torch
light
burn down
vex
combust
combustion
fire
cauterize
cauterise
set on fire
scald
go bust
spend
consume
devour
run
creek
brook
streamlet
overburning
itch
rivulet
rill
sting
bite
ablaze
write down
bourne
cut
Derivations:
burning
burner
burnout
burnt
burnable
burned
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Burn in Other Languages...
Spanish: Quemar
German: Brennen
French: Brûler
Italian: Bruciare
Turkish: Yakmak
