'burn out' definitions:
Definition of 'burn out'
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Definition of 'burn out'
From: GCIDE
- burn out \burn out\ v. i.
- 1. To burn till the fuel is exhausted; as, when the candle burned out the room was totally dark; the firefighters couldn't control the oil tank fire and had to let it burn out by itself. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. To stop functioning due to failure of some component caused by the heat of the electrical current used in its operation; -- of electrical devices. [PJC]
- 3. To become apathetic or depressed, and cease to function effectively, due to the fatigue and frustration of prolonged stress and overwork; -- of people; as, the stress in the bond market is so great that many traders burn out after only ten years on the job. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'burn out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beat,
- blow,
- break down,
- collapse,
- crack up,
- debilitate,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- do in,
- do up,
- droop,
- drop,
- enervate,
- exhaust,
- fag,
- fag out,
- faint,
- fatigue,
- fizzle,
- fizzle out,
- flag,
- flame out,
- frazzle,
- gasp,
- get tired,
- give out,
- go out,
- grow weary,
- harass,
- jade,
- knock out,
- knock up,
- overfatigue,
- overstrain,
- overtire,
- overweary,
- pant,
- peter out,
- play out,
- poop,
- poop out,
- prostrate,
- puff,
- puff and blow,
- run down,
- run out,
- sink,
- succumb,
- tire,
- tire out,
- tire to death,
- tucker,
- use up,
- weaken,
- wear,
- wear down,
- wear on,
- wear out,
- weary,
- wheeze,
- wilt,
- wind
Words containing 'burn out'
- Burn,
- Burned,
- Burning,
- Burns,
- Burns, OR,
- To be burned out,
- To burn,
- To burn down,
- To burn out,
- To burn up,
- burn down,
- burn off,
- burn up,
- Burning bush,
- Burning fluid,
- Burning glass,
- Burning house,
- Burning mirror,
- Burns Flat,
- Burns Harbor,
- Burns Harbor, IN,
- Burns, KS,
- Burns, TN,
- Burns, WY,
- To burn a bowl,
- To burn daylight,
- To burn in effigy,
- To burn together,
- burn bag,
- burn center,
- burn mark,
- burn plant,
- burn-up,
- burned-out,
- burned-over,
- burning at the stake,
- burning mountain,
- cigarette burn,
- electric burn,
- free burning,
- george burns,
- robert burns,
- rope burn,
- wood burning,
- Burns Flat, OK,
- Still-burn,
- To burn one's fingers,
- burn the midnight oil,
- clean-burning,
- coal-burning,
- free-burning,
- robert burns woodward,
- wood-burning,
- first-degree burn,
- second-degree burn,
- third-degree burn,
- adust sunburned burned brown by the sun,
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