burn
burn
bɜrn
bērn
/bɜːn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "burn"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻž

(of fire) to actively make heat and flames by using up things like coal or wood
Intransitive
to burn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The campfire slowly began to burn as the logs caught fire.
āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇ āφāϗ⧁āύ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be on fire and be destroyed by it
Intransitive
to burn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The paper caught fire and burned quickly in the flames.
āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāϟāĻŋ āφāϗ⧁āύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause destruction or harm to something or someone through extreme heat or fire
Transitive: to burn sth
to burn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She accidentally burned the her finger while making breakfast.
āϏ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞāĻŦāĻļāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻĒ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϞāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become red, inflamed, or painful on the skin as a result of prolonged exposure to the sun
Transitive: to burn skin
to burn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He forgot to apply sunscreen and ended up burning his face.
āϏāĻžāύāĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻĒ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to consume fuel for the production of heat or energy
Transitive: to burn a fuel
to burn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car engine burns gasoline to power the vehicle.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒ⧇āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞ āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϞ⧋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to emit or produce light
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lamp burned for hours, giving off a soft, soothing light.
āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϰāĻŽ, āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āφāϞ⧋ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to cause a sensation of discomfort or pain similar to that of being burned by fire
Transitive: to burn the skin
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hot soup burned my tongue when I tried to take a sip.
āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āĻĒ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻŋāĻšā§āĻŦāĻž āĻĒ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻ• āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to experience or be consumed by strong emotions
Intransitive: to burn | to burn with an emotion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His desire for success burned inside him, pushing him to work harder every day.
āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĻāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something catch fire and undergo combustion
Transitive: to burn sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
You should never burn plastic, as it releases toxic fumes when it combusts.
āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ–āύāχ āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋ āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āύāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āϧ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĻāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋

to cauterize tissue by using a hot iron, electric current, or caustic substance
Transitive: to burn body tissues
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the injury, the doctor had to burn the tissue to prevent infection.
āφāϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϟāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁ āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to feel sore or painful, often as a result of injury
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The acidic lemon juice made a cut on his finger burn terribly.
āĻ…āĻŽā§āϞ āϞ⧇āĻŦ⧁āϰ āϰāϏ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻžāύāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to squander or waste money, time, or other resources recklessly
Transitive: to burn time or resources
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She realized she had been burning money by buying things she did n't really need.
āϏ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to execute someone by tying them to a stake and setting them on fire
Transitive: to burn sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cruel practice of burning witches at the stake was common during the medieval period.
āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϝ⧁āĻ—ā§€āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āϠ⧁āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create a CD or DVD by copying data from an original or master copy onto a blank disc
Transitive: to burn digital files
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He burned a backup of the important files onto a DVD in case of a computer crash.
āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āĻšāϞ⧇ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĢāĻžāχāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāĻĒ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(poker) to discard the top card from the deck face down before dealing the flop, turn, and river cards, in order to prevent cheating by revealing the top card accidentally or intentionally
Transitive: to burn a card
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The poker player watched closely as the dealer burned a card before each new round.
āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĄāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϰāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use calories as energy through physical activity or bodily processes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She burned a lot of calories during her morning workout.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āφāωāĻŸā§‡ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϏāχ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cook something thoroughly or to a preferred well-done state
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Go ahead and burn it; the edges taste amazing that way.
āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ“; āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝāϜāύāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻž

pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻāĻšāύ

damage inflicted by fire
03

āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻāĻšāύ

a place or area that has been damaged or injured by fire or heat
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the camping trip, he had a small burn on his arm from the campfire.
āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
3.1

āϏāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ, āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž

a change in skin color or condition caused by exposure to the sun's rays, resulting in a reddish or brownish appearance
burn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After spending the afternoon at the beach, she noticed a reddish burn on her shoulders.
āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāρāϧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāϞāĻšā§‡ āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ

a mark or injury that is caused by exposure to fire, acid, heat, etc.
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āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāύ, āĻĒ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž

the pain that can be felt in one's muscles as a result of intense training

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

burned
burner
burning
burn
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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