Verb
- 1. burn, fire, burn down, destroy, ruin
- usage: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
- 2. burn, glow, shine, beam
- usage: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"
- 3. burn, combust, change state, turn
- usage: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
- 4. bite, sting, burn, ache, smart, hurt
- usage: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- 5. burn, combust
- usage: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
- 6. burn, feel, experience
- usage: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"
- 7. burn, incinerate, change integrity
- usage: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
- 8. burn, execute, put to death
- usage: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
- 9. burn, waste, blow, squander
- usage: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
- 10. burn, ache, smart, hurt
- usage: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
- 11. cauterize, cauterise, burn, treat, care for
- usage: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
- 12. sunburn, burn, discolor, discolour, colour, color
- usage: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- 13. cut, burn, produce, make, create
- usage: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
- 14. burn off, burn, burn up, consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
- usage: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"
- 15. burn, damage
- usage: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
Adjective
- 1. burned, burnt, cooked (vs. raw)
- usage: ruined by overcooking; "she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits"
- 2. burned, burnt, treated (vs. untreated)
- usage: treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point; "burnt sienna"
- 3. burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out, destroyed (vs. preserved)
- usage: destroyed or badly damaged by fire; "a row of burned houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "a burned-over site in the forest"; "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"
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