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- DictionaryBurn/bərn/
verb
- 1. (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"
- 2. destroy, damage, or injure by heat or fire: "he burned all the letters"
noun
- 1. an injury caused by exposure to heat or flame: "he was treated in the hospital for burns to his hands"
- 2. consumption of a type of fuel as an energy source: "natural gas produces the cleanest burn of the lot"
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When things burn, they're on fire. People who live in the country sometimes burn leaves and brush, setting big piles alight until they're reduced to ash.
burn meaning: 1. to destroy something with fire, or to be destroyed by fire: 2. to produce flames: 3. If you…. Learn more.
From Longman Business Dictionary burn /bɜːnbɜːrn/ verb (past tense and past participle burned or burnt /bɜːntbɜːrnt/) [ transitive] 1 to copy information held on a computer’s HARD DRIVE onto a CD ROM 2 be/get burned informal to lose a lot of money in a business deal, usually because it involves a high risk A lot of investors got ...
2. Check for signs and symptoms. Burns through deep layers of skin, fat, muscle or bone*. Large body surface area burns. Burns to the face, mouth, nose, hands, feed, joints or groin*. Electrical, chemical, radiation or explosive burns*. Burns in people with medical conditions or other injuries*. Burns in very young or elderly*.
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- burn away
- burn down
- burn off
- burn out
- burn the candle at both ends
- burn the midnight oil
- burn through
- burn up
18 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 burn /ˈbɚn/ verb
burns; burned /ˈbɚnd/ or burnt /ˈbɚnt/ ; burning
1 burn
/ˈbɚn/
verb
[phrasal verb]
burn away or burn (something) away or burn away (something)
: to be removed or to remove (something) by fire or heat
•The outer layer of wooden shingles burned away quickly in the fire. = The fire quickly burned the outer layer of wooden shingles away.
[phrasal verb]
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burn down or burn (something) down or burn down (something) of a building or other structure : to be destroyed or to destroy (something) by fire
•The hotel burned down [=burned to the ground] in 1922. = A fire in 1922 burned down the hotel.
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burn down of a fire : to become smaller : to gradually produce less and less flame
[phrasal verb]
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burn off or burn (something) off or burn off (something)
US, of fog, smoke, etc. : to go away because of the sun's heat
•We waited for the fog to burn off. = We waited for the sun to burn off the fog.
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[phrasal verb]
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burn out or burn (itself) out of a fire : to stop burning
•The campfire eventually burned out. = The campfire eventually burned itself out.
— sometimes used figuratively
•His anger finally burned itself out. [=he finally stopped being angry]
: to do too much by being active late at night and during the day
•She's going to wear herself out if she keeps burning the candle at both ends.
: to work or study until very late at night
•The students have been burning the midnight oil as they prepare for their final exams.
[phrasal verb]
burn through (something) informal
: to use all of (something) quickly
•They've burned through all the money already.
[phrasal verb]
burn up or burn (something) up or burn up (something)
: to be destroyed or cause (something) to be destroyed by fire
•Most asteroids burn up upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.
•Wildfires have been raging across the region burning up acres of forest.
— see also 1burn 7c
burn to something He is recovering from burns to his face and hands. burn on something cigarette burns on the furniture; a slight burn on the back of her hand;
Burn definition: To undergo combustion or be consumed as fuel. An injury or damage caused by fire, heat, radiation, wind, caustics, etc.: in medicine, burns are classified as first-degree burn, reddening, second-degree burn, blistering, and third-degree burn, destruction of the skin and the tissues under it.
