BURN
/bɜːn/ ► audio Scrabble 6 Words With Friends 9
Definition
- noun pain that feels hot as if it were on fire.
— synonyms: burning
- noun a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun.
— synonyms: tan, suntan, sunburn
- noun an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation.
- noun a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body).
— synonyms: burn_mark
- noun damage inflicted by fire.
- verb destroy by fire.
— synonyms: fire, burn_down
- verb shine intensely, as if with heat.
— synonyms: glow
- verb undergo combustion.
— synonyms: combust
- verb cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.
— synonyms: bite, sting
- verb cause to burn or combust.
— synonyms: combust
- verb feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion.
- verb cause to undergo combustion.
— synonyms: incinerate
- verb execute by tying to a stake and setting alight.
- verb spend (significant amounts of money).
- verb feel hot or painful.
- verb burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent.
— synonyms: cauterize, cauterise
- verb get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun.
— synonyms: sunburn
- verb create by duplicating data.
— synonyms: cut
- verb use up (energy).
— synonyms: burn_off, burn_up
- verb damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation.
Examples
- “She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.”
- “chili burn from eating hot peppers”
- “They're doing a controlled burn of the fields.”
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