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Definition of Burn
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Burn
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 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. 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. 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. 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. To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. 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 be of fire; to flame. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat. 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. To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought. A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn. A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6. A small stream. Related Definitions:
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Burn Quotations
It's better to burn out than fade away. Kurt Cobain You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Mohandas Gandhi And we have abundant natural energy resources in the country. We haven't been taking adequate advantage of them, and we can burn coal in a clean way; we could improve the grid. John W. Snow It's better to burn out, than to fade away. Neil Young Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell. Joan Crawford |
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Burn Translations
burn in Afrikaans is brand, aanbrand, verbrand burn in Dutch is aanbranden burn in Finnish is palaa burn in French is s'allumer, brulons, brulez, bruler, cuite, griller burn in Italian is ustione, bruciare, accendere, pungere, ardere burn in Latin is aduro (adustum), extermino, exuro; exussum burn in Norwegian is brenne burn in Portuguese is queimadura burn in Spanish is pinchar, arder, abrasar, quemadura, quemarse |
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