burn
burn
- n pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- n a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- n an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
- n a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
- n damage inflicted by fire
- v destroy by fire
They burned the house and his diaries - v shine intensely, as if with heat
The candles were burning - v undergo combustion
Maple wood burns well - 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
She was burning with anger
He was burning to try out his new skies - v cause to undergo combustion
burn garbage
The car burns only Diesel oil - v burn at the stake
Witches were burned in Salem - v spend (significant amounts of money)
He has money to burn - 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
burn a CD - v use up (energy)
burn off calories through vigorous exercise - v burn with heat, fire, or radiation
The iron burnt a hole in my dress
- Of all bodily injuries, few are more traumatic than burns.
- CD burners have the enthusiastic backing of a couple of top tech companies.
- On a patient's first day in the burn unit, a physical therapist helps him out of bed in a vain attempt to make him walk and an antibiotic salve is applied.