burning
adjective
[ ˈbəːnɪŋ ]
• on fire.
• "a burning building"
Similar:
blazing,
flaming,
aflame,
fiery,
flaring,
ignited,
glowing,
red-hot,
flickering,
smouldering,
scorching,
raging,
roaring,
live,
Opposite:
extinguished,
burn
verb
• (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"
Origin:
Old English birnan ‘be on fire’ and bærnan ‘consume by fire’, both from the same Germanic base; related to German brennen .
on fire
• in flames; burning.
• "the house was on fire"
Similar:
burning,
ablaze,
blazing,
aflame,
in flames,
flaming,
raging,
fiery,
alight,
lit,
lighted,
ignited,
afire,
