BURN

Definition:

1. [noun] pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
   Synonyms: ing
   
   
2. [noun] a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
   Synonyms: tan, suntan, sun
   
   
3. [noun] an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
   
   
4. [noun] a burned place or area
   Synonyms: mark
   
   
5. [noun] damage inflicted by burning
   
   
6. [verb] destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
   Synonyms: fire, down
   
   
7. [verb] shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"
   Synonyms: glow
   
   
8. [verb] undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
   Synonyms: combust
   
   
9. [verb] cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
   Synonyms: bite, sting
   
   
10. [verb] cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
    Synonyms: combust
    
    
11. [verb] feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"
    
    
12. [verb] cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
    Synonyms: incinerate
    
    
13. [verb] burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
    
    
14. [verb] spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
    
    
15. [verb] feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
    
    
16. [verb] burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
    Synonyms: cauterize, cauterise
    
    
17. [verb] get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
    Synonyms: sun
    
    
18. [verb] create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
    Synonyms: cut
    
    
19. [verb] use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"
    Synonyms: off, up
    
    
20. [verb] burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
    
    

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Related Words:

• backfire
• cremate
• torch
• scorch
• gutter
• burn down, burn up, go up
• smolder, smoulder
• scorch, sear, singe
• deflagrate
• flame
• flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up
• blaze
• nettle, urticate
• ignite, light
• set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire, set afire
• char, coal
• deflagrate
• scald
• char, blacken, scorch
• electric burn
• scorch, singe
• scald
• first-degree burn
• second-degree burn
• third-degree burn
• cigarette burn
• scald

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