ALL meanings of burn
burn
B b - verb burn If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there. 3
- verb burn If something is burning, it is on fire. 3
- verb burn If you burn something, you destroy or damage it with fire. 3
- verb burn If you burn a fuel or if it burns, it is used to produce heat, light, or energy. 3
- verb burn If you burn something that you are cooking or if it burns, you spoil it by using too much heat or cooking it for too long. 3
- verb burn If you burn part of your body, burn yourself, or are burnt, you are injured by fire or by something very hot. 3
- verb burn Burn is also a noun. 3
- verb burn If someone is burnt or burnt to death, they are killed by fire. 3
- verb burn If a light is burning, it is shining. 3
- verb burn If your face is burning, it is red because you are embarrassed or upset. 3
- verb burn If you are burning with an emotion or are burning to do something, you feel that emotion or the desire to do that thing very strongly. 3
- verb burn If you burn or get burned in the sun, the sun makes your skin become red and sore. 3
- verb burn If a part of your body burns or if something burns it, it has a painful, hot or stinging feeling. 3
- verb burn If you are burned or get burned, you lose something as a result of taking a risk, usually in a business deal. 3
- verb burn To burn a CD-ROM means to write or copy data onto it. 3
- verb burn to undergo or cause to undergo combustion 3
- verb burn to destroy or be destroyed by fire 3
- verb burn to damage, injure, or mark by heat 3
- verb burn to die or put to death by fire 3
- verb burn to be or feel hot 3
- verb burn to smart or cause to smart 3
- verb burn to feel strong emotion, esp anger or passion 3
- verb burn to use for the purposes of light, heat, or power 3
- verb burn to form by or as if by fire 3
- verb burn to char or become charred 3
- verb burn to brand or cauterize 3
- verb burn to cut (metal) with an oxygen-rich flame 3
- verb burn to produce by or subject to heat as part of a process 3
- verb burn to copy information onto (a CD-ROM) 3
- verb burn to convert (a lighter element) to a heavier one by nuclear fusion in a star 3
- verb burn to discard or exchange (one or more useless cards) 3
- verb burn to cheat, esp financially 3
- verb burn to electrocute or be electrocuted 3
- verb burn to drive (a vehicle) fast 3
- noun burn an injury caused by exposure to heat, electrical, chemical, or radioactive agents. Burns are classified according to the depth of tissue affected: first-degree burn: skin surface painful and red; second-degree burn: blisters appear on the skin; third-degree burn: destruction of both epidermis and dermis 3
- noun burn a mark, e.g. on wood, caused by burning 3
- noun burn a controlled use of rocket propellant, esp for a course correction 3
- noun burn a hot painful sensation in a muscle, experienced during vigorous exercise 3
- noun burn a controlled fire to clear an area of scrub 3
- noun burn tobacco or a cigarette 3
- noun burn a small stream; brook 3
- verb transitive burn to set on fire or subject to combustion, as in order to produce heat, light, or power 3
- verb transitive burn to destroy by fire 3
- verb transitive burn to put to death by fire 3
- verb transitive burn to injure or damage by fire or something with the effect of fire, as intense heat, friction, or acid; scorch, singe, scald, etc. 3
- verb transitive burn to consume as fuel 3
- verb transitive burn to transform (body fat, etc.) into energy by metabolism 3
- verb transitive burn to sunburn 3
- verb transitive burn to brand 3
- verb transitive burn to cauterize 3