Australian English Meaning of burn
burn
Other Australian English words related to burn
- blaze
- flame
- glow
- combust
- fire
- flicker
- Gleam
- ignite
- shine
- smolder
- Bake
- girder
- brighten
- grill
- get
- char
- cook
- deflagrate
- Kindle
- flare-up
- flash
- glare
- gleam, shimmer, sparkle, glitter
- glisten
- glitter
- light
- melt
- irradiate
- roast
- shimmer
- smoulder
- spark
- Sparkle
- splutter
- Swelter
- waver
- beat (down)
- light (illuminate)
Nearest Words of burn
Definitions and Meaning of burn in English
burn (n)
pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
damage inflicted by fire
burn (v)
destroy by fire
shine intensely, as if with heat
undergo combustion
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
cause to burn or combust
feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
cause to undergo combustion
execute by tying to a stake and setting alight
spend (significant amounts of money)
feel hot or painful
burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
create by duplicating data
use up (energy)
damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
burn (v. t.)
To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
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.
burn (v. i.)
To be of fire; to flame.
To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.
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.
To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.
In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
burn (n.)
A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.
The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.
A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.
A small stream.
FAQs About the word burn
burn
pain that feels hot as if it were on fire, a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun, an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemic
blaze,flame,glow,combust,fire,flicker,Gleam,ignite,shine,smolder
choke,douse,extinguish,put out,smother,snuff out,dim,dowse,dull,suffocate
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