burn
(noun) damage inflicted by fire
burn, burn mark
(noun) a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person’s body)
burn
(noun) an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
(noun) a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
burn, burning
(noun) pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
sunburn, burn
(verb) get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
burn
(verb) damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation; “The iron burnt a hole in my dress”
cauterize, cauterise, burn
(verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; “The surgeon cauterized the wart”
burn, combust
(verb) undergo combustion; “Maple wood burns well”
burn, incinerate
(verb) cause to undergo combustion; “burn garbage”; “The car burns only Diesel oil”
burn, fire, burn down
(verb) destroy by fire; “They burned the house and his diaries”
cut, burn
(verb) create by duplicating data; “cut a disk”; “burn a CD”
burn
(verb) feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; “She was burning with anger”; “He was burning to try out his new skies”
bite, sting, burn
(verb) cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; “The sun burned his face”
burn
(verb) feel hot or painful; “My eyes are burning”
burn
(verb) spend (significant amounts of money); “He has money to burn”
burn
(verb) execute by tying to a stake and setting alight; “Witches were burned in Salem”
burn, combust
(verb) cause to burn or combust; “The sun burned off the fog”; “We combust coal and other fossil fuels”
burn, glow
(verb) shine intensely, as if with heat; “The coals were glowing in the dark”; “The candles were burning”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
burn (countable and uncountable, plural burns)
A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
A sensation resembling such an injury.
The act of burning something with fire.
(slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
(slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
(uncountable, UK, chiefly, prison slang) Tobacco.
(computing) The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
A disease in vegetables; brand.
burn (third-person singular simple present burns, present participle burning, simple past and past participle (mostly Commonwealth) burnt or burned)
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
(intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
(transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
(intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
(transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
(transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
(transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
(ambitransitive) To sunburn.
(transitive) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
(intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
(chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
(chemistry, dated) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
(transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
(transitive, slang) To betray.
(transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
(transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
(intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
(transitive, cards) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
(photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
(intransitive, physics, of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star
(intransitive, slang, card games, gambling) To discard.
(slang, dated) To shoot someone with a firearm.
burn (plural burns)
(Northern England, Scotland) A stream.
Burn (countable and uncountable, plural Burns)
A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5928).
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Burn is the 20664th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1281 individuals. Burn is most common among White (83.22%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Burn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burned (Burnt (p. pr. & vb. n. Burning.] Etym: [OE. bernen, brennen, v.t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v.i., AS. bærnan, bernan, v.t., birnan, v.i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. brænde, Sw. bränna, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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. This tyrant fever burns me up. Shak. This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. Dryden. When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the Ecclus. xliii. 20, 21.
6. (Surg.)
Definition: To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
7. (Chem.)
Definition: 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. 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, to destroy or obliterate by burning. "Must you with hot irons burn out mine eyes" Shak.
– 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.
Burn, v. i.
1. To be of fire; to flame. "The mount burned with fire." Deut. ix. 15.
2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat. Your meat doth burn, quoth I. Shak.
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. Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way Luke xxiv. 32. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. Shak. Burning with high hope. Byron. The groan still deepens, and the combat burns. Pope. The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Milton.
4. (Chem.)
Definition: To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.
5. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought. [Colloq.] To burn out, to burn till the fuel is exhausted.
– To burn up, To burn down, to be entirely consumed.
Burn, n.
1. A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.
2. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.
3. A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.
Burn, n. Etym: [See 1st Bourn.]
Definition: A small stream. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
