to burn
- verb
- /bɜrn/
- If you stay in the sun too long, your skin will start to burn.
- get burned
- burning pain
- burning eyes
You hurt yourself, it burns, it hurts, you tear up.
- You hurt yourself, it burns, it hurts, you tear up.
- So my arms were, were, were burning for the entire day after.
- Wouldn't want burger tits Burger Dance Wouldn't want to burn your little lips.
Examples
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Try not to try not to burn my tongue here.
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You could, oh, you could burn yourself on this, right?
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I would rather learn what it feels like to burn than feel nothing at all.
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Oh my God, Dude, this is going to burn so fast.
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So my arms were, were, were burning for the entire day after.
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For example, if you burn yourself on hot coffee in Denmark, you burn yourself on hot coffee.
Academic text (2011) -
But my skin doesn't burn, which is good.
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You hurt yourself, it burns, it hurts, you tear up.
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When he returns, they eat and talk, and John's heart burns with an old longing.
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He's burning with fever!
Synonyms
Make someone suffer physical or emotional pain
To cause a sharp, stinging pain, often from cold or wind
To feel a sharp, sudden pain like an insect bite
To burn the surface slightly and make a brown mark
Antonyms
Idioms
- NSFW
To tie a person to a stake and burn them as punishment or to strongly criticize them in public
- Informal
To have a strong burning feeling in the muscles during hard exercise
- Informal
To work late at night and early in the morning so you become very tired
Phrasal Verbs
Stop working, especially things like lights or fuses, because they get too hot from too much use
Compounds
- Specialized
A very serious injury that destroys all skin layers can cause numbness and needs medical treatment
- Specialized
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 Painful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Burn comes from the old English bærnan meaning 'to be on fire', and by extension it also means to feel or cause a hot, stinging sensation, like the heat from the sun or spicy food.