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burn
English
- 🔊 damage inflicted by fire
- 🔊 a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
- 🔊 an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
- 🔊 pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- 🔊 a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- 🔊 damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation“The iron burnt a hole in my dress”
- 🔊 undergo combustion“Maple wood burns well”
- 🔊 cause to undergo combustion“burn garbage”
- 🔊 destroy by fire“They burned the house and his diaries”
- 🔊 feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion“She was burning with anger”
- 🔊 feel hot or painful“My eyes are burning”
- 🔊 spend (significant amounts of money)“He has money to burn”
- 🔊 execute by tying to a stake and setting alight“Witches were burned in Salem”
- 🔊 cause to burn or combust“The sun burned off the fog”
- 🔊 shine intensely, as if with heat“The coals were glowing in the dark”
- 🔊 get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- 🔊 use up (energy)“burn off calories through vigorous exercise”
- 🔊 create by duplicating data“cut a disk”
- 🔊 burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent“The surgeon cauterized the wart”
- 🔊 cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort“The sun burned his face”
Spanish
- 🔊 quemadura burn
- 🔊 abrasar to burn
- 🔊 adurir to burn
- 🔊 quemar to burn
- 🔊 flagrar to burn, to blaze
- 🔊 flamear to burn, to blaze, to flame
- 🔊 encender to burn, have a burning sensation
- 🔊 arder to burn, to sting, to smart (to hurt, be in pain)
- 🔊 arder to burn, blaze (to be consumed by fire or in flames)
- 🔊 arder to burn, seethe (to be in an agitated or angry mental state)