to burn
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3.2
- verb
- /bɜrn/
:
gastar (dinero)
- OK, which one is going to teach my body to burn more calories on its own?
- burn calories
- burn energy
- burn fossil fuels
So it's actually going to burn fat more quickly.
- So it's actually going to burn fat more quickly.
- And if I consume fewer calories than I burn, I will lose weight.
- So, yeah, so teaching the body how to burn fat for fuel.
- If you ingest about as many calories as you burn, you maintain weight typically.
- Does too much cardio stop you from burning fat?
- But most importantly, estrogen pushes your neurons to burn glucose to make energy.
- That's like I, I don't eat more than I burn in a day.
- Your entire body is more than capable of burning ketone bodies.
- Like you have so much power, but you're going to burn through it in that line.
- We work out, we, we burn energy, feed us.
- You can smolder and frankly just burn people's wealth.
- You're also burning whatever you have coming in.
Examples
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With this information, the participant may choose activities that burn more calories and therefore may lose more weight.
Academic text (2008) -
So, yeah, so teaching the body how to burn fat for fuel.
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So it's actually going to burn fat more quickly.
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And since you spend less time in the air, you burn less fuel.
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I have no problem burning through several memory cards over the course of a race.
Academic text (2006) -
Playing youth sports gives them a physical outlet to burn off some energy to help keep them in physical condition.
Academic text (2015) -
Almost everyone who needs to burn fat needs to balance the thyroid.
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And if I consume fewer calories than I burn, I will lose weight.
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When you're feeling anxious, getting up out of your chair can literally burn off nervousness.
Academic text (2009) -
If I increase my activity level, I can effectively burn more calories throughout the day.
Synonyms
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1.0
To give money to buy something or pay for services
∞
1.0
To use or spend something carelessly and without good reason
948
1.0
To pay money for something you buy or use
728
1.6
To spend time doing things that are not useful instead of doing something more useful
172
3.2
To use up resources until none are left
69
2.7
To finish all of something so nothing is left
50
5.0
To use money, time, or energy for a purpose
23
3.5
To get rid of something by exercising or paying money
22
3.4
To use energy from the body or fuel when you move
16
4.4
Use up money or supplies quickly and wastefully
8
3.4
Use up energy by physical activity
4
3.5
Spend money on things you do not need
3
7.0
To use money or energy in a foolish, wasteful way
2
3.5
Use time or effort in a way that achieves little
1
6.5
To spend time or money in a wasteful way
To spend time on things that are not useful
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 Consumed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Burn comes from the old English bærnan meaning 'to be used up by fire', and today we use that picture when we say you 'burn' money or energy because it is quickly used up like fuel.