Meanings
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plural burns · alternative Geordie born · alternative obsolete burne
- countableuncountableA physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
He burnt his hand with acid.
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She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
- countableuncountableA sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin.
The burn of these habanero peppers is exquisite.
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I dread the burn of the disinfectant where it enters an open wound.
The burn in my eyes was caused by that bright light.
- countableuncountableA physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by a build-up of lactic acid.
One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn in your thighs!
- countablefigurativelyuncountableAnger, especially slowly mounting in intensity.
a slow burn
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The burn of anger remained in him.
- countablefigurativelyslanguncountableAn effective insult, especially a clever or funny one.
sick burn
- countableuncountableThe act or action of burning something with fire, or by analogous means; the quality or nature of an act of burning.
You want an even burn on your cigarette.
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They’re doing a monitored burn of the fields.
We went to the burn site to examine the evidence.
One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion- countableuncountablebusinessThe act of using a controlled burn to reduce wildfire risk through use of low-intensity fires to eliminate fuel; a prescribed burn.
The burn will reduce the risk of a forest fire in the fall.
- countableuncountableThe operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
They have a good burn.
- countableuncountablespace flightaerospaceThe firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
On 4 March 1999, the MCO performed its second course correction manoeuvre with a burn involving its four thrusters […]
2004, David Baker, Jane's Space Directory, page 529 - UKmetonymicallyslanguncountableTobacco.
“Any of you want to borrow some burn,” asked a scarred inmate known as Bull.
2006, S. Drake, A Cry for Help, Chipmunkapublishing ltd, →ISBN, Chapter 7, page 943 more examples
TOM: I’m serious bruv. Put my burn and lighter and all that in my jeans please and give them here, then press the cell bell.
2002, Tom Wickham, “A Day In The Wrong Life”, in Julian Broadhead, Laura Kerr, editors, Prison Writing, 16th edition, Waterside Press, →ISBN, page 26It was like no one was looking out for me, and the older kids used to take the piss ...they were always threatening me and taking my burn [tobacco][…]
2006, Peter Squires, editor, Community Safety: Critical Perspectives on Policy and Practice, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 23As the prison week ended and the less careful inmates began to run out of burn they went through a peculiar begging ritual that I, never one to husband resources either, was quick to learn.
2010, Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles - countableuncountablecomputingThe writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
Allow additional burns enables you to create a multisession CD, which can be used again to write more data.
2003, Maria Langer, Mac OS X 10.2 Advanced, page 248
present singular third person burns · participle present burning · participle past burned · past burned · Commonwealth participle past burnt · Commonwealth past burnt · obsolete participle past brent · obsolete past brent · first person past singular burned · first person past singular burnt · archaic present second person singular burnest · past second person singular burned · past second person singular burnt · archaic past second person singular burnedst · archaic past second person singular burntest · present singular third person burns
- intransitiveTo be consumed by fire or in flames.
He watched the house burn.
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The wood will not burn well because it is wet.
Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC- intransitiveTo be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
The child’s forehead was burning with fever. Her cheeks burned with shame.
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In ſlumbers oft for fere I quake / For hete & cold I burne & ſhake / For lake of ſlepe my hede dothe ake / What menys thys
a. 1542, Thomas Wyatt, “What menythe thys” in the Devonshire Manuscript, folio 12 verso - figurativelyintransitiveTo approach near to a concealed object which is sought, especially in certain games; to be so near as to be figuratively burnt by a hidden target.
You’re cold… warm… hot… you’re burning!
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Not being accustomed to make fine distinctions, or to appreciate magnanimity, they read his letters and speeches as if they read them not. They were not aware when they approached a heroic statement,—they did not know when they burned.
1860, Henry David Thoreau, The Last Days of John Brown - intransitivenatural sciencesTo be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star; to undergo nuclear fusion or nuclear fission.
- ambitransitiveTo warm (something); to put off intense heat; to be hot.
The burning sand hurt my feet.
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The heat from the open oven burned the air around me.
The sun's rays burned hot today.
- ambitransitivefigurativelyTo give off light; to be lit up; to shine so bright as to seem to harm (something).
The spotlight burned my eyes.
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That bulb has been burning for years.
I knew that if a light was burning I should be able to see the window lit up from the yard at the back, although the gas itself would be out of sight.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC - ambitransitiveTo sunburn.
The harsh summer sun burned his skin.
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She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned.
- transitiveTo cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames.
We'll burn all this wood by morning.
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The campfire was ready to go, so she burned it with her lighter.
He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.
They haue ſlayne my baylye⸝ and diſtroyed the houſes of my men⸝ banyſſhed and chaſed away myne offycers, and brent yͤ houſe in the worlde that I loued beſt.
1523 February 7 (Gregorian calendar), Johan Froyssart [i.e., Jean Froissart], “Howe The Englysshmen that were Sent in to Bretayne⸝ were Tourmented on the See: And Howe the Gaũtoise Desyred to haue the Erle of Flaunders Their Lorde⸝ to Cõe Dwell in Their Towne of Gaunt”, in Here Begynneth the First Volum of Sir Johan Froyssart: Of the Cronycles of Englande⸝ Fraunce⸝ Spayne⸝ Portyngale⸝ Scotlande⸝ Bretayne⸝ Flañders: And Other Places Adioynynge. […], 1st volume, London: […] Richarde Pynson⸝ […], →OCLC; reprinted as The First Volum of Sir Johan Froyssart of the Chronycles of Englande⸝ Fraunce⸝ Spayne (The English Experience […]; no. 257), Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, 1970, →ISBN, folio ccxxxiii, rectoOn July 1, 1402, when the Prince of Yen reached P’u-k’ou (in Kiangsu), Sheng Yung and his imperial troops attacked him and attempted to burn his boats.⁹⁶
1976, David B. Chan, “The Fall of Nanking”, in The Usurpation of the Prince of Yen, 1398-1402 (Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Center, Inc. Occasional Series), number 7, San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center, Inc., →OCLC, page 83Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29Synonyms: cinder, forsweal, incinerate, singe, torch, burn away, burn down, burn up
- transitiveTo overheat so as to make unusable.
He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.
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with a heavy fire in the fire box there would be great danger of overheating, and thus injuring the boiler or of "burning" it, as it is ordinarily termed.
1874, Railroad Gazette, volume 6, page 352Synonyms: cinder, forsweal, incinerate, singe, torch, burn away, burn down, burn up
- transitiveTo waste time, money or other resources.
We have an hour to burn.
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The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year.
Oh, why don’t you save all the money you earn? / If I didn’t eat, I’d have money to burn.
c. 1897, anonymous (lyrics and music), “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum”Synonyms: cinder, forsweal, incinerate, singe, torch, burn away, burn down, burn up
- transitiveTo make or produce by the application of real or figurative fire, light or burning heat.
The rancher burned his brand into the cow's hide.
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to burn a hole; to burn letters into a block
I posted myself near a place where they had been burning charcoal, and very soon the hare came running past, close to where I was standing.
1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 78Synonyms: cinder, forsweal, incinerate, singe, torch, burn away, burn down, burn up
- transitivecomputingTo write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
We’ll burn this program onto an EEPROM one hour before the demo begins.
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At first they didn’t do anything by design, beyond writing songs and gigging around Sheffield, distributing homemade demo CDs at shows. Their canny friends burned copies to leave on buses, but more importantly, uploaded them to filesharing sites and set up a MySpace page.
2015 October 22, Laura Snapes, “How Arctic Monkeys’ debut single changed the music industry and ‘killed the NME’”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLCI've never been on top of the latest trends. When everyone was burning CDs I was still burning books.
2017 April 30, Norm Macdonald Live, season 3, episode 12, spoken by Norm MacdonaldSynonyms: cinder, forsweal, incinerate, singe, torch, burn away, burn down, burn up
- broadlytransitivecomputingTo render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image (hardsubs).
My old DVD player could play DivX files but didn't recognize the subtitle file, so I had to burn them in.
Synonyms: cinder, forsweal, incinerate, singe, torch, burn away, burn down, burn up
- intransitivetransitiveTo consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; to injure with acid or other chemical reactions; to be painful as if by fire or heat; to be hot.
You might have a fever, your forehead is burning.
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Be careful, as that chemical is acidic enough to burn you.
Habaneros burn more intensely than most peppers. They will burn your mouth.
My eyes hurt, the cold and dry air makes them burn.
This tyrant fever burns me up.
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]This dry sorrow burns up all my tears.
1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)- intransitivetransitivechemistryTo cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
to burn iron in oxygen
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A human being burns a certain amount of carbon with each respiration.
- datedintransitivetransitivechemistryTo combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
Copper burns in chlorine.
- Senses as to a figurative burning action
- transitiveusually passive voiceTo subject to misfortune or maltreatment; to swindle or rob.
I've been burned before by these kinds of promises.
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That's when we burn the mark, and we'll be gone before he knows what happened.
- transitiveespionageTo compromise (a cover story).
He had already burned his cover with Mrs. Phillips, and it was not a mistake he intended to make again.
2011, Thomas H. Cook, Night Secrets1 more example
Eventually they'd report back to Ryker, and he still didn't know if Ryker had personally burned his cover and sent assassins after him, or if the SSU had a mole. Until he knew for certain, he had to play this safe.
2013, Vanessa Kier, Vengeance: The SSU Book 1 - transitiveespionageTo blackmail.
"How does Leipzig burn him precisely?" Enderby insisted. "What's the pressure? Dirty pix—well, okay. Karla's a puritan, so's Kirov. But I mean, Christ, this isn't the fifties, is it? […]
1979, John le Carré, Smiley's People - transitivecard gamesTo swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
- intransitiveball gamesTo accidentally touch a moving stone.
- intransitiveslangcard gamesTo discard.
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plural burns · alternative Geordie born · alternative obsolete burne
- Northern EnglandScotlandA large stream.
When it was too heavy rain the burn ran very high and wide and ye could never jump it.
2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 1053 more examples
This darksome burn, horseback brown, / His rollrock highroad roaring down, / In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam / Flutes and low to the lake falls home.
1881, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Inversnaid”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 53He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a burn, and smoke innumerable pipes to the tune of the water on the stones.
1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus PuerisqueAt this place, the clay in the 52 ft. embankment had been under water pressure for some weeks before the water level could be lowered, and the burn diverted through a temporary culvert.
1950 October, “Completion of Flood-Damage Repairs, East Coast Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, pages 708-709
Burn3
plural Burns
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5928).
- countableuncountableA river in North Yorkshire, England, a tributary of the River Ure.
- countableuncountableA surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA disease in vegetables, which causes discoloration that looks like a burn.
verbTo become overheated to the point of being unusable; to become scorched.
verbTo approach near to a concealed object which is sought, especially in certain games; to be so near as to be figuratively burnt by a hidden target.
verbTo be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star; to undergo nuclear fusion or nuclear fission.
verbTo cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames.
verbTo ignite (something); to light and smoke (a cigarette, joint, etc.).
verbTo overheat so as to make unusable.
verbTo kill by fire.
verbTo transform using fire.
verbTo use up; to use by burning; to consume as fuel.
verbTo waste time, money or other resources.
verbTo lose motor oil because it leaks into the combustion chamber and ignites along with the fuel.
verbTo cauterize.
verbTo harden (bricks, pottery, etc.) in a kiln.
verbTo injure (a person or animal) with heat, flames or scorching.
verbTo insult or defeat.
verbTo make or produce by the application of real or figurative fire, light or burning heat.
verbTo write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
verbTo render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image (hardsubs).
verbTo make an area of an image darker (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by increasing the exposure of that area to light).
verbTo betray; to con or rob.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
verbburn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
burn · noun, verb
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrenw-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrénuh₁e-?
- Proto-Germanic*brinnaną
- Proto-West Germanic*brinnan
- Old Englishbiernan
- Proto-Germanic*brinnaną
- Proto-Germanic*brannijaną
- Proto-West Germanic*brannijan
- Old Englishbærnan
- Old Norsebrenna
- Middle Englishbrennen
- Englishburn
From late Middle English burne, birne, metathetic form of brinne, brynne, a variant of brennen, from Old Norse brinna, brenna (“to burn”), from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-, present stem from *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil”). Doublet of brew. The late metathesis of East Midland brin- to birn- (and subsequently burn-) parallels the phonological development of bird and dirt from brid and drit. As this metathetic form became the Chancery Standard, it displaced the semantic functions and weak conjugation paradigm of the native Old English bærnan (weak), alongside the surviving remnants of byrnan (strong). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian prönnan (“to burn”), Dutch barnen, branden (“to burn”), German brinnen (“to burn”), Luxembourgish brennen (“to burn”), Vilamovian brīn (“to burn”), Yiddish ברענען (brenen, “to burn”), Danish brænde (“to burn”), Faroese and Icelandic brenna (“to burn”), Norwegian Bokmål brenne (“to burn”), Norwegian Nynorsk brenna, brenne (“to burn”), Swedish brinna (“to burn”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (brinnan, “to burn”); also Cornish bros (“blazing, boiling”), Irish bruth (“heat; eruption; surf”), Welsh brwd (“eager, keen; passionate, zealous”), Latin defrutum (“grape must reduced by boiling”), Ancient Greek πορφύρω (porphúrō, “to boil, heave”), Albanian burth (“Cyclamen hederifolium; mouth burning”), Armenian աղբյուր (aġbyur, “fountain, spring”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurvan, “runnel, spring”). More at brew.
More words from Middle English, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →burn · noun
- Proto-Germanic*brunnô
- Proto-West Germanic*brunnō
- Old Englishburne
- Northern Middle Englishburn
- Englishburn
From Northern Middle English burn, from Old English burne, burna (“spring, fountain”), Proto-West Germanic *brunnō, from Proto-Germanic *brunnô, *brunō. Cognate with Scots burn (“stream”), Cimbrian, Mòcheno prunn (“well, spring”), Dutch bron (“well”), German Bronnen, Brun, Brunnen (“well”), Luxembourgish Buer, Bur (“well”), Yiddish ברונעם (brunem, “well”), Danish brønd (“well”), Faroese brunnur, bruður (“well”), Icelandic brunnur (“well”), Norwegian Bokmål, Scanian brønn (“well”), Norwegian Nynorsk brunn, brønn (“well”), Swedish brunn (“well”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰 (brunna, “source, wellspring”), Crimean Gothic brunna (“spring, fountain, source”). Also Albanian burim (“spring, fountain”), Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well, reservoir”), Old Armenian աղբիւր (ałbiwr, “fount”). Doublet of bourn. More at brew.
More words from Northern Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek καίω, φλέγω
- καίω (kaíō)to cause to be consumed by fire
- φλέγω (phlégō)to cause to be consumed by fire
- καίομαι (kaíomai)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- φλέγω (phlégō)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Arabic حَرْق, سَفْعَة
- حَرْق (ḥarq)physical injury
- سَفْعَة (safʕa)physical injury
- حُرق (ḥurq)physical injury
- أَحْرَقَ (ʔaḥraqa)to cause to be consumed by fire
- حَرَقَ (ḥaraqa)to cause to be consumed by fire
- ضَرِمَ (ḍarima)to cause to be consumed by fire
- حرق (ḥaraʔ)to cause to be consumed by fire
- حرق (ḥarag)to cause to be consumed by fire
- وَلَّع (wallaʕ)to cause to be consumed by fire
- اِحْتَرَقَ (iḥtaraqa)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- اتحرق (itḥaraʔ)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Basque erre
- erreto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Bulgarian изгаряне, изгаряне
- изгаряне (izgarjane)physical injury
- изгаряне (izgarjane)act of burning something
- прегрявам се (pregrjavam se)to become overheated
- прегрявам (pregrjavam)to overheat so as to make unusable
- изга́рям (izgárjam)to cause to be consumed by fire
- горя́ (gorjá)to cause to be consumed by fire
- горя́ (gorjá)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- обгарям (obgarjam)to injure with heat or chemicals
- изгарям (izgarjam)to injure with heat or chemicals
- пека (peka)computing: to write data
- записвам (zapisvam)computing: to write data
- ручей (ručej)stream — see also stream
Catalan cremada, cremada
- cremadaphysical injury
- cremadaact of burning something
- cremarto cause to be consumed by fire
- cremarto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Chinese Cantonese 燒 /烧
- 燒 /烧 (siu¹)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Chinese Mandarin 燒傷 /烧伤, 燃燒 /燃烧
- 燒傷 /烧伤 (shāoshāng)physical injury
- 燃燒 /燃烧 (ránshāo)to cause to be consumed by fire
- 燒 /烧 (shāo)to cause to be consumed by fire
- 燒 /烧 (shāo)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- 燃燒 /燃烧 (ránshāo)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- 燒 /烧 (shāo)to injure with heat or chemicals
Czech pálení, popálenina
- páleníphysical sensation in the muscles
- popáleninaphysical injury
- spáleninaphysical injury
- páleníact of burning something
- spálit seto become overheated
- hořetto feel hot due to embarrassment
- spálitto overheat so as to make unusable
- pálitto cause to be consumed by fire
- upálitto cause to be consumed by fire
- spálitto cause to be consumed by fire
- hořetto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- popálitto injure with heat or chemicals
- vypálitcomputing: to write data
- potokstream — see also stream
Danish brandsår, forbrænding
- brandsårphysical injury
- forbrændingphysical injury
- afbrændingact of burning something
- brændeto feel hot due to embarrassment
- brændeto cause to be consumed by fire
- brændeto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- brænde opto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- bækstream — see also stream
- strømstream — see also stream
Dutch branden, branderigheid
- brandenphysical sensation in the muscles
- branderigheidphysical sensation in the muscles
- brandwondphysical injury
- verbrandingphysical injury
- verbrandingact of burning something
- afbrandenact of burning something
- pijnintense non-physical sting
- aanbrandento become overheated
- verbrandento become overheated
- brandento feel hot due to embarrassment
- gloeiento feel hot due to embarrassment
- laten aanbrandento overheat so as to make unusable
- verbrandento overheat so as to make unusable
- verspillento waste
- verliezento waste
- dodento waste
- kwetsenslang: to insult or defeat
- beledigenslang: to insult or defeat
- liggen hebbenslang: to insult or defeat
- stroomstream — see also stream
- beekstream — see also stream
- slootstream — see also stream
Esperanto brulo, brulaĵo
- brulophysical injury
- brulaĵophysical injury
- bruloact of burning something
- bruladoact of burning something
- ardito feel hot due to embarrassment
- ardito desire or ache for
- bruligito cause to be consumed by fire
- brulito be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- bruligito injure with heat or chemicals
Estonian põletama, põlema
- põletamato cause to be consumed by fire
- põlemato be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Finnish kuumotus, polte
- kuumotusphysical sensation in the muscles
- poltephysical sensation in the muscles
- piikkislang: effective insult
- polttooperation or result of burning or baking
- röökislang: tobacco
- palovammaphysical injury
- poltesensation
- polttaminenact of burning something
- polttoact of burning something
- pistointense non-physical sting
- palaato become overheated
- kuumottaato feel hot due to embarrassment
- palaato feel hot due to embarrassment
- polttaato approach near to a concealed object which is sought
- fuusioituaphysics: to be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion
- polttaato overheat so as to make unusable
- tappaato waste
- polttaato waste
- nokittaaslang: to insult or defeat
- servataslang: to insult or defeat
- lisävalottaaphotography: to make darker (to increase the exposure of an area of a photo)
- hapettaachemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent
French gland, brûlure
- glandslang: effective insult
- brûlurephysical injury
- brûluresensation
- brûlageact of burning something
- surchaufferto become overheated
- se consumerto feel hot due to embarrassment
- brûlerto approach near to a concealed object which is sought
- brûlerto overheat so as to make unusable
- avoirslang: to insult or defeat
- oxyderchemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent
- grillerto betray
- brûlerto cause to be consumed by fire
- incendierto cause to be consumed by fire
- brûlerto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- passer au feuto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- brûlerto injure with heat or chemicals
German Brandwunde, Verbrennung
- Brandwundephysical injury
- Verbrennungphysical injury
- Verbrennungact of burning something
- verbrennento cause to be consumed by fire
- brennento be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- verbrennento injure with heat or chemicals
- brennencomputing: to write data
- Bachstream — see also stream
Greek καύσος, έγκαυμα
- καύσος (káfsos)physical sensation in the muscles
- έγκαυμα (égkavma)physical injury
- κάψιμο (kápsimo)act of burning something
- καύση (káfsi)act of burning something
- καίγομαι (kaígomai)to become overheated
- καίγομαι (kaígomai)to feel hot due to embarrassment
- καίω (kaío)to overheat so as to make unusable
- καίω (kaío)to cause to be consumed by fire
- καίγομαι (kaígomai)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- καίω (kaío)to injure with heat or chemicals
- καίω (kaío)computing: to write data
- ρυάκι (ryáki)stream — see also stream
Hebrew כְּוִיָּה, יְרִידָה
- כְּוִיָּה (kviyá)physical injury
- יְרִידָה (yeridá)intense non-physical sting
- שרף (saraf)to waste
- שרף (saraf)to cause to be consumed by fire
- נשרף (nisráf)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- צרב (tsaráv)computing: to write data
Hindi जलना, जलाना
- जलना (jalnā)physical injury
- जलाना (jalānā)act of burning something
- जलना (jalnā)to become overheated
- जलाना (jalānā)to cause to be consumed by fire
- जलना (jalnā)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Hungarian égés, égési sérülés
- égésphysical injury
- égési sérülésphysical injury
- égetto cause to be consumed by fire
- elégetto cause to be consumed by fire
- égto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- elégto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- megégetto injure with heat or chemicals
- írcomputing: to write data
Icelandic brenna, brenna
- brennato cause to be consumed by fire
- brennato be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Indonesian luka bakar, membakar
- luka bakarphysical injury
- membakarto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- membakarcomputing: to write data
- merekamcomputing: to write data
Irish dóigh
- dóighto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Italian bruciatura, ustione
- bruciaturaphysical injury
- ustionephysical injury
- bruciaturaact of burning something
- fuocoact of burning something
- bruciareto waste
- bruciareto cause to be consumed by fire
- incendiareto cause to be consumed by fire
- ustionareto cause to be consumed by fire
- bruciareto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- ardereto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- bruciareto injure with heat or chemicals
- ustionareto injure with heat or chemicals
Japanese やけど, 焼け焦げ
- やけど (yakedo)physical injury
- 焼け焦げ (yakekoge)physical injury
- ひりひりsensation
- ヒリヒリ (hiri-hiri)sensation
- 焦げる (kogeru)to become overheated
- 焦がす (kogasu)to overheat so as to make unusable
- 燃やす (moyasu)to cause to be consumed by fire
- 焼く (yaku)to cause to be consumed by fire
- 燃える (moeru)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- 焼ける (yakeru)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- やけどする (yakedo suru)to injure with heat or chemicals
- ひりひりするto consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat
- ヒリヒリする (hiri-hiri suru)to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat
Korean 화상, 태움
- 화상 (hwasang)physical injury
- 태움 (tae'um)act of burning something
- 달아오르다 (daraoreuda)to feel hot due to embarrassment
- 태우다 (tae'uda)to overheat so as to make unusable
- 데다 (deda)to betray
- 태우다 (tae'uda)to cause to be consumed by fire
- 불타다 (bultada)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- 타다 (tada)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- 데다 (deda)to injure with heat or chemicals
- 굽다 (gupda)computing: to write data
Latin combustiō, cremō
- combustiōphysical injury
- cremōact of burning something
- ūrōto cause to be consumed by fire
- incendōto cause to be consumed by fire
- cremōto cause to be consumed by fire
- ūrōto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- ārdeōto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- aestuōto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- flammōto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Latvian dedzināt, degt
- dedzinātto cause to be consumed by fire
- degtto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Lithuanian nudegimas, deginimas
- nudegimasphysical injury
- deginimasact of burning something
- degintito be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- degtito be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Malay pembakaran, bakar
- pembakaranact of burning something
- bakarto cause to be consumed by fire
- membakarcomputing: to write data
- merakamcomputing: to write data
- menuliscomputing: to write data
Māori kā, pāhunu
- kāact of burning something
- pāhunuto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- kāto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- torato be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- ngihato be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- murato be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- tāmaucomputing: to write data
Norwegian brenning, brenne
- brenningact of burning something
- brenneto feel hot due to embarrassment
- brenneto waste
- forædeto betray
- brenneto cause to be consumed by fire
- brenneto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- forbrenneto injure with heat or chemicals
- brennecomputing: to write data
- bekkstream — see also stream
- strømstream — see also stream
Norwegian Bokmål brannskade, brannsår
- brannskadephysical injury
- brannsårphysical injury
- forbrenningphysical injury
- etterbelysephotography: to make darker (to increase the exposure of an area of a photo)
Persian سوختن, آتشسوزی
- سوختن (sôxtan)physical injury
- آتشسوزی (âtašsôzi)act of burning something
- دل سوختن (del sôxtan)intense non-physical sting
- سوختن (suxtan)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Polish oparzenie, poparzenie
- oparzeniephysical injury
- poparzeniephysical injury
- palenieact of burning something
- spalenieact of burning something
- spalić sięto become overheated
- przypalić sięto become overheated
- płonąćto feel hot due to embarrassment
- spalićto overheat so as to make unusable
- tracićto waste
- stracićto waste
- marnowaćto waste
- zmarnowaćto waste
- pojazdslang: to insult or defeat
- wjazdslang: to insult or defeat
- spalićto betray
- palićto cause to be consumed by fire
Portuguese queimação, queimadura
- queimaçãophysical sensation in the muscles
- queimaduraphysical injury
- ardênciasensation
- queimadaact of burning something
- queimaact of burning something
- queimamentoact of burning something
- queimarto become overheated
- queimarto feel hot due to embarrassment
- arderto feel hot due to embarrassment
- queimarto overheat so as to make unusable
- sobreexporphotography: to make darker (to increase the exposure of an area of a photo)
- queimarto betray
- queimarto cause to be consumed by fire
- atearto cause to be consumed by fire
- arderto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- queimarto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- pirarto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- queimarto injure with heat or chemicals
Romanian arsură, ardere
- arsurăphysical injury
- ardereact of burning something
- ardeto become overheated
- ardeto feel hot due to embarrassment
- ardeto overheat so as to make unusable
- ardeto cause to be consumed by fire
- ardeto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- ardeto injure with heat or chemicals
- ardecomputing: to write data
Russian ожо́г, жжение́
- ожо́г (ožóg)physical injury
- жжение́ (žženijé)sensation
- сжига́ние (sžigánije)act of burning something
- перегрева́ться (peregrevátʹsja)to become overheated
- перегре́ться (peregrétʹsja)to become overheated
- горе́ть (gorétʹ)to feel hot due to embarrassment
- пыла́ть (pylátʹ)to feel hot due to embarrassment
- жечь (žečʹ)to cause to be consumed by fire
- сжига́ть (sžigátʹ)to cause to be consumed by fire
- сжечь (sžečʹ)to cause to be consumed by fire
- пали́ть (palítʹ)to cause to be consumed by fire
- спали́ть (spalítʹ)to cause to be consumed by fire
- горе́ть (gorétʹ)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- сгоре́ть (sgorétʹ)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- пыла́ть (pylátʹ)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- руче́й (ručéj)stream — see also stream
Scottish Gaelic losgadh, losgadh
- losgadhphysical injury
- losgadhact of burning something
- loisgto overheat so as to make unusable
- loisgto cause to be consumed by fire
- loisgto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- loisgto injure with heat or chemicals
- alltstream — see also stream
- alltanstream — see also stream
Slovak popálenina, pálenie
- popáleninaphysical injury
- páleniesensation
- pálenieact of burning something
- pripáliť sato become overheated
- zhorieťto become overheated
- horieťto feel hot due to embarrassment
- červenať sato feel hot due to embarrassment
- spáliťto overheat so as to make unusable
- pripáliťto overheat so as to make unusable
- vyhodiťto waste
- zabiťto waste
- spáliťchemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent
- spalovaťchemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent
- horieťchemistry: to combine energetically, with evolution of heat
- zhorieťchemistry: to combine energetically, with evolution of heat
- potokstream — see also stream
Spanish quemazón, quemadura
- quemazónphysical sensation in the muscles
- quemaduraphysical injury
- quemaact of burning something
- quemaract of burning something
- quemarto cause to be consumed by fire
- fogarearto cause to be consumed by fire
- foguerearto cause to be consumed by fire
- combustionarto cause to be consumed by fire
- arderto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- quemarto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- quemarseto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- combustionarto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- quemarto injure with heat or chemicals
- quemarcomputing: to write data
Swahili choma, jeraha la moto
- chomaphysical sensation in the muscles
- jeraha la motophysical injury
- chomaintense non-physical sting
- chomato become overheated
- chomato feel hot due to embarrassment
- chomato overheat so as to make unusable
- chomato waste
- chomapontoon: to swap a pair of cards for another pair; deal a dead card
- chomacurling: to accidentally touch a moving stone
- chomato cause to be consumed by fire
- chomato be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- chomato injure with heat or chemicals
- chomacomputing: to write data
Swedish brännskada, brännsår
- brännskadaphysical injury
- brännsårphysical injury
- brännmärkephysical injury
- förbränningact of burning something
- brännato become overheated
- brinnato feel hot due to embarrassment
- brännato cause to be consumed by fire
- brinnato be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- brännato injure with heat or chemicals
- skållato injure with heat or chemicals
- brännacomputing: to write data
- bäckstream — see also stream
- strömstream — see also stream
- åstream — see also stream
Tagalog paso, pagsunog
- pasophysical injury
- pagsunogact of burning something
- sunogact of burning something
- masunogto become overheated
- mag-apoyto feel hot due to embarrassment
- mag-alabto feel hot due to embarrassment
- masunogto overheat so as to make unusable
- sumunogto cause to be consumed by fire
- sunuginto cause to be consumed by fire
- manunogto cause to be consumed by fire
- sumilabto cause to be consumed by fire
- silabinto cause to be consumed by fire
- sunogto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- silabto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- pumasoto injure with heat or chemicals
Tamil எரி, எரி
- எரி (eri)to cause to be consumed by fire
- எரி (eri)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Thai เผา, ไหม้
- เผา (pǎo)to cause to be consumed by fire
- ไหม้ (mâi)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Turkish yanma, yanık
- yanmaphysical sensation in the muscles
- yanıkphysical injury
- yanmaact of burning something
- harcamakto waste
- yakmakto cause to be consumed by fire
- yanmakto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- yazmakcomputing: to write data
Ukrainian о́пік, зпа́лювання
- о́пік (ópik)physical injury
- зпа́лювання (zpáljuvannja)act of burning something
- пали́ти (palýty)to cause to be consumed by fire
- спали́ти (spalýty)to cause to be consumed by fire
- горі́ти (horíty)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- згорі́ти (zhoríty)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- записати (zapysaty)computing: to write data
Urdu جلانا, جلنا
- جلانا (jalānā)to cause to be consumed by fire
- جلنا (jalnā)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Vietnamese bỏng, phỏng
- bỏngphysical injury
- phỏngphysical injury
- tốnto waste
- đốtto cause to be consumed by fire
- cháyto be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
- đốtto injure with heat or chemicals
Welsh llosgi
- llosgito be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
Yiddish ברענען, ברענען
- ברענען (brenen)to cause to be consumed by fire
- ברענען (brenen)to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate
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burn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burn
“burn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burn. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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