to burn
- verb
- /bɜrn/
- Archaic
- You can burn your favorite songs onto a CD using this software.
- burn a CD
One was I, I built mixtapes which are downloaded music from the Internet and made mixtapes for people on ACD and burnt it and give it to them.
- One was I, I built mixtapes which are downloaded music from the Internet and made mixtapes for people on ACD and burnt it and give it to them.
- So because you're going to burn instead of store got it.
Examples
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You know those digital photos you've archived by burning onto DVDs and sticking under your bed?
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Kwan had his computer set up to auto-burn a new disk every night.
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You are going to burn a disk...
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So it's on the hard drive, and I burned you a CD as well.
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But eventually, I was glad that he burned a CD of her first album for me.
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She needed to burn the files onto a DVD to free up space on her computer.
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After downloading the software, he was able to burn the installation files to a disc.
Synonyms
Put code or data onto a computer storage device
Record data on a computer to use later
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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Burn comes from the old English bærnan meaning 'to mark with fire', and the modern phrase 'burn a CD' uses that image because a laser beam seems to 'burn' the data into the disc.