burn
verb
[ bəːn ]
• (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.
• "a fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate"
Similar:
be on fire,
be alight,
be ablaze,
blaze,
go up,
go up in smoke,
be in flames,
be aflame,
smoulder,
glow,
flare,
flash,
flicker,
be afire,
be ardent,
• destroy, damage, or injure by heat or fire.
• "he burned all the letters"
Similar:
set fire to,
set on fire,
set alight,
set light to,
light,
set burning,
ignite,
touch off,
put a match to,
kindle,
incinerate,
reduce to ashes,
destroy by fire,
torch,
fire,
inflame,
scorch,
singe,
sear,
char,
blacken,
discolour,
brand,
scald,
cauterize,
calcine,
torrefy,
• produce (a CD or DVD) by copying from an original or master copy.
• drive or move very fast.
• "he burned past us like a maniac"
• insult (someone) in a particularly cutting way.
• "Mark burns him by saying he hasn't even heard of the guy's agency"
burn
noun
• an injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.
• "he was treated in hospital for burns to his hands"
• consumption of a type of fuel as an energy source.
• "natural gas produces the cleanest burn of the lot"
• an act of clearing of vegetation by burning.
• a cigarette.
Origin:
Old English birnan ‘be on fire’ and bærnan ‘consume by fire’, both from the same Germanic base; related to German brennen .
burn
noun
• a small stream.
Origin:
Old English burna, burn(e), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bron and German Brunnen ‘well’.
