Canadian English Meaning of burn

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Definitions and Meaning of burn in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

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

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

Webster

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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