Noun
damage inflicted by burning

Noun
a burned place or area

Noun
an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

Noun
a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

Noun
pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

Verb
get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

Verb
burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

Verb
burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"

Verb
undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"

Verb
cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"

Verb
destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"

Verb
use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

Verb
create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"

Verb
feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"

Verb
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"

Verb
feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"

Verb
spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"

Verb
burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"

Verb
cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

Verb
shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"

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v. t.
To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

v. t.
To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass.

v. t.
To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.

v. t.
To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block.

v. t.
To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper.

v. t.
To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.

v. t.
To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.

v. i.
To be of fire; to flame.

v. i.
To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.

v. i.
To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.

v. i.
To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.

v. i.
In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

n.
A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.

n.
The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.

n.
A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.

n.
A small stream.

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Burn

Burn , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burned () or Burnt (); p. pr. & vb. n. Burning.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v.t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v.i., AS. b'91rnan, bernan, v.t., birnan, v.i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. br'91nde, Sw. br'84nna, brinna, Icel. brenna, Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in comp.), and possibly to E. fervent.] 1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood. "We'll burn his body in the holy place." Shak. 2. To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass. 3. To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime. 4. To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block. 5. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper.

This tyrant fever burns me up.

This dry sorrow burns up all my tears.

When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the ass as fire.

6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. 7. (Chem.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen. To burn, To burn together, as two surfaces of metal (Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a quantity of the same metal in a liquid state. -- To burn a bowl (Game of Bowls), to displace it accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be burned. -- To burn daylight, to light candles before it is dark; to waste time; to perform superfluous actions. Shak. -- To burn one's fingers, to get one's self into unexpected trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others, speculation, etc. -- To burn out, to destroy or obliterate by burning. "Must you with hot irons burn out mine eyes?" Shak. -- To be burned out, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of one's house, store, or shop, with the contents. -- To burn up, To burn down, to burn entirely.

Burn

Burn, v. i. 1. To be of fire; to flame. "The mount burned with fire." Deut. ix. 15. 2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.

Your meat doth burn, quoth I.

3. To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.

Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way?

The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water.

Burning with high hope.

The groan still deepens, and the combat burns.

The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire.

4. (Chem.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine. 5. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought. [Colloq.] To burn out, to burn till the fuel is exhausted. -- To burn up, To burn down, to be entirely consumed.

Burn

Burn, n. 1. A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat. 2. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn. 3. A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.

Burn

Burn, n. [See 1st Bourn.] A small stream. [Scot.]

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

To be of fire; to flame.

A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.

A small stream.