burned
- v destroy by fire
They burned the house and his diaries - v shine intensely, as if with heat
- v undergo combustion
- v cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
The sun burned his face - v cause to burn or combust
The sun burned off the fog - v feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- v cause to undergo combustion
- v burn at the stake
Witches were burned in Salem - v spend (significant amounts of money)
- v feel hot or painful
- v burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- v get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- v create by duplicating data
- v use up (energy)
- v burn with heat, fire, or radiation
- s treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
- s destroyed or badly damaged by fire
a row of burned houses
a burned-over site in the forest - s ruined by overcooking
burned-out
- s exhausted as a result of longtime stress
she was burned-out before she was 30 - s inoperative as a result of heat or friction
a burned-out picture tube - s destroyed or badly damaged by fire
burned-over
- s destroyed or badly damaged by fire
a burned-over site in the forest
burning
- n the act of burning something
the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance - n pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- n a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- n execution by electricity
- n execution by fire
- n a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
- v destroy by fire
- v shine intensely, as if with heat
The candles were burning - v undergo combustion
- v cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- v cause to burn or combust
- v feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
She was burning with anger
He was burning to try out his new skies - v cause to undergo combustion
- v burn at the stake
- v spend (significant amounts of money)
- v feel hot or painful
My eyes are burning - v burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- v get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- v create by duplicating data
- v use up (energy)
- v burn with heat, fire, or radiation
- s of immediate import
burning issues of the day
burnished
- v polish and make shiny
- s made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
a burnished brass knocker
burnt
- v destroy by fire
- v shine intensely, as if with heat
- v undergo combustion
- v cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- v cause to burn or combust
- v feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- v cause to undergo combustion
- v burn at the stake
- v spend (significant amounts of money)
- v feel hot or painful
- v burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- v get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- v create by duplicating data
- v use up (energy)
- v burn with heat, fire, or radiation
The iron burnt a hole in my dress - s ruined by overcooking
she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits - s treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
burnt sienna - s destroyed or badly damaged by fire
a charred bit of burnt wood
barricaded the street with burnt-out cars
burnt-out
- s exhausted as a result of longtime stress
- s inoperative as a result of heat or friction
- s destroyed or badly damaged by fire
barricaded the street with burnt-out cars
burr-headed
- s having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly)