VERB
  • Definition - To cause to be consumed by fire.
  • Example - He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.
  • Definition - To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
  • Example - He watched the house burn.
  • Definition - To overheat so as to make unusable.
  • Example - He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.
  • Definition - To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
  • Example - The grill was too hot and the steak burned.
  • Definition - To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
  • Example - to burn a hole;  to burn letters into a block
  • Definition - To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
  • Example - She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years.
  • Definition - To cauterize.
  • Example - She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years.
  • Definition - To sunburn.
  • Example - She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned.
  • Definition - To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
  • Example - to burn the mouth with pepper
  • Definition - To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
  • Example - The child's forehead was burning with fever.  Her cheeks burned with shame.
  • Definition - To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
  • Example - A human being burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration.  to burn iron in oxygen
  • Definition - To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
  • Example - Copper burns in chlorine.
  • Definition - To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
  • Example - We’ll burn this program onto an EEPROM one hour before the demo begins.
  • Definition - To betray.
  • Example - The informant burned him.
  • Definition - To insult or defeat.
  • Example - I just burned you again.
  • Definition - To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
  • Example - The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year.
  • Definition - In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
  • Example - You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
  • Definition - To accidentally touch a moving stone.
  • Example - You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
  • Definition - In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
  • Example - You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
  • Definition - To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
  • Example - You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
  • Definition - (of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star
  • Example - You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
  • Definition - To discard.
  • Example - You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
  • Definition - To shoot someone with a firearm.
  • Example - You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
  • Example - You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
  • Definition - (of food) Carbonised.
  • Example - The toast was too burnt to eat.
  • Definition - (of a person) Having a sunburn.
  • Example - The toast was too burnt to eat.
  • Definition - (of a colour) Being darker than standard, especially browner.
  • Example - The toast was too burnt to eat.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
brunt 7 burnt 7
4 Letter Words
brut 6 bunt 6 burn 6 runt 4 turn 4
3 Letter Words
bun 5 bur 5 but 5 nub 5 rub 5 tub 5 urb 5 nut 3 run 3 rut 3 tun 3 urn 3
2 Letter Words
nu 2 un 2 ut 2
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