to burn
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1.0
- verb
- /bɜrn/
:
arder
- The fires were still burning in the hills.
- burn fossil fuels
- burn fuel
- burn coal
Fossil fuels, which we burn like witches or dogs.
- Fossil fuels, which we burn like witches or dogs.
- This little engine burns from here and shoots.
- It was like a strategic move to burn non black neighborhoods.
- I would, I would burn the earth down forever.
- Kmart is burning, Target is burning, everything is on fire.
- Once it's written down and you don't burn it, it stays.
- Allegedly Ronald McDonald was trying to burn you to death that pyromaniac.
- And lo and behold, it burns with a smokeless flame.
- And we, we burn, we burn the paper.
Examples
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Well, try not to burn the place down.
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Oh, and if it has to burn, then let it burn.
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Two months before the record store burned down.
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Kmart is burning, Target is burning, everything is on fire.
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We'd burned all the forests to keep the winters away.
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My truck burned down.
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In dry temperate forests, fires historically burned with greater frequency and lower severity than they do today.
Academic text (2011) -
Of the 42.5 million acres burned in eight Interior West states since 1984, 41.4% was forestland.
Academic text (2017) -
The theory that Gus Coggins's barns burned because of racial animosity was not the only theory, however.
Academic text (2013) -
The campfire began to burn brightly as the sun set over the horizon.
Synonyms
121
3.0
To destroy a building or object completely by fire
110
3.0
Make something start burning
76
6.5
To set fire to something on purpose
66
4.0
To make something start burning
33
7.1
To burn things like documents or waste until they turn to ash
31
4.8
To burn something completely so it is destroyed
27
3.7
To be completely destroyed by fire
17
1.0
To burn something to destroy it
8
7.4
To catch fire or make something burn
6
3.2
Become used up by fire or slowly disappear over time from heat and light
5
4.8
To make something start burning
2
4.1
Make something start to burn
1
5.1
To make something start burning
1
4.2
To make something start burning
1
5.7
To make something start burning, for example paper or dry grass
To burn something too much so it is ruined
To set fire to something
To make something start to burn, like a fire or a strong feeling
Antonyms
Idioms
- NSFW
12
9.8
To tie a person to a stake and burn them as punishment or to strongly criticize them in public
- Informal
5
8.0
To have a strong burning feeling in the muscles during hard exercise
- Informal
4
7.2
To work late at night and early in the morning so you become very tired
Phrasal Verbs
24
4.7
Stop working, especially things like lights or fuses, because they get too hot from too much use
Compounds
- Specialized
11
4.8
A very serious injury that destroys all skin layers can cause numbness and needs medical treatment
- Specialized
1
3.4
A mild injury to the top layer of the skin that causes redness and pain without blisters
An injury caused when electricity passes through the body and damages skin or tissue
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Burn comes from the old English bærnan meaning 'to be on fire', and the same root is in the word brand, once meaning a 'torch', so to burn is to be on fire or to make something catch fire.