'Burn' definitions:

Definition of 'burn'

(from WordNet)
noun
Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn, burning]
noun
A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn]
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) [syn: burn, burn mark]
noun
Damage inflicted by fire
verb
Destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" [syn: burn, fire, burn down]
verb
Shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: burn, glow]
verb
Undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: burn, combust]
verb
Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn]
verb
Cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: burn, combust]
verb
Feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"
verb
Cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" [syn: burn, incinerate]
verb
Burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
verb
Spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
verb
Feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
verb
Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" [syn: cauterize, cauterise, burn]
verb
Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: sunburn, burn]
verb
Create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn: cut, burn]
verb
Use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" [syn: burn off, burn, burn up]
verb
Burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

Definition of 'Burn'

From: GCIDE
  • Burn \Burn\ (b[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burned (b[^u]rnd) or Burnt (b[^u]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Burning.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v. i., AS. b[ae]rnan, bernan, v. t., birnan, v. i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. br[ae]nde, Sw. br[aum]nna, brinna, Icel. brenna, Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in comp.), and possibly to E. fervent.]
  • 1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood. "We'll burn his body in the holy place." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper. [1913 Webster]
  • This tyrant fever burns me up. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the ??ass as fire. --Ecclus. xliii. 20, 21. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Chem.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen. [1913 Webster]
  • To burn, To burn together, as two surfaces of metal (Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a quantity of the same metal in a liquid state.
  • To burn a bowl (Game of Bowls), to displace it accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be burned.
  • To burn daylight, to light candles before it is dark; to waste time; to perform superfluous actions. --Shak.
  • To burn one's fingers, to get one's self into unexpected trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others, speculation, etc.
  • To burn out, (a) to destroy or obliterate by burning. "Must you with hot irons burn out mine eyes?" --Shak. (b) to force (people) to flee by burning their homes or places of business; as, the rioters burned out the Chinese businessmen.
  • To be burned out, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of one's house, store, or shop, with the contents.
  • To burn up, To burn down, to burn entirely. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Burn'

From: GCIDE
  • Burn \Burn\, n.
  • 1. A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Burn'

From: GCIDE
  • Burn \Burn\, v. i.
  • 1. To be of fire; to flame. "The mount burned with fire." --Deut. ix. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat. [1913 Webster]
  • Your meat doth burn, quoth I. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever. [1913 Webster]
  • Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? --Luke xxiv. 32. [1913 Webster]
  • The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Burning with high hope. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • The groan still deepens, and the combat burns. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Chem.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • To burn up, To burn down, to be entirely consumed. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Burn'

From: GCIDE
  • Burn \Burn\, n. [See 1st Bourn.] A small stream. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'burn'

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Words containing 'Burn'