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burn
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[ verb ] destroy by fire
Examples "They burned the house and his diaries" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)During the following week , six tons of hay belonging to one rancher were burned ; some buildings , farm tools , two horses , plows , and hay owned by Bonito_Lavato , a friendly interpreter for the company , and Pedro_Chavez ' hay were stolen or destroyed ; and a store was broken into and robbed . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)This was fortunate , as the Vail plant burned in 1905 . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Gouge , burn , blast , insult it as they would , could anyone really take Papa-san ? (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)Rousseau is so persuasive that Voltaire is almost convinced that he should burn his books , too . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Burial had taken_place at night in the ground at the public crossroads under the gibbet , so that his enemies could not find his body and have it dug_up and burned . |
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[ verb ] shine intensely, as if with heat
Synonyms Examples "The coals were glowing in the dark" "The candles were burning" Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)When Marsh called to his aide and the pair rode_off down the River_Road where the gentians burned blue , Juanita was shaken and trying not to cry . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Like Eliot , in my fantasies , I had a proud bearing and , with a skill that was vaguely continental , I would lead Jessica through an evening of dancing and handsome descriptions of my newest exploits , would guide her gently to the night 's climax which , in my dreams , was always represented by our almost suffocating one another to death with deep , moist kisses burning with love . Related terms |
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[ verb ] undergo combustion
Synonyms Examples "Maple wood burns well" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)In_the_end the good man , John_Proctor , expresses what the audience has already come to feel when he says , `` A fire , a fire is burning ! (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)Kate had no idea what they were talking of , although she had seen the blue lights and strange fires burning and winking on the ridges at night , had heard horsemen on the River_Road and hill trails through the nights till dawn . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Every few minutes she would awaken for a moment to review things : Stowey , yes , was on his way south , and the two boys were away in school , and nothing was burning on the stove , and Lucretia was coming for dinner and bringing three guests of hers . Related terms change_state smolder burn_down flare deflagrate scorch flame blaze combustion |
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[ verb ] cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort
Examples "The sun burned his face" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Leaving Lee 's office , Mrs._Shaefer hurried over to her family physician , who treated her for burned tissue . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Tears burned behind his eyes as he prayed and meditated tonight . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)He stumbled into the house , eyes burning like fire . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)She held Jonathan 's letter , his words burning like a brand , and knew suddenly that the bonds between them were severed . |
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[ verb ] cause to burn or combust
Synonyms Examples "The sun burned off the fog" "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Slowly , like a man grown old , he took Eli 's hand and led him below to the tower study , guiding him to a chair beside the little hearth where a fire still burned . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to undergo combustion
Synonyms Examples "burn garbage" "The car burns only Diesel oil" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Leaves were burning somewhere and the smoke smelled , for all its ammoniac acidity , of beginnings . Related terms |
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[ verb ] feel strong emotion, esp. anger or passion
Examples "She was burning with anger" "He was burning to try out his new skies" Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)It slips_away , it burns and tortures me . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)He darkened under his heavy burn . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (law) burn at the stake
Examples "Witches were burned in Salem" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)For almost two months , the defendant and the world heard from individuals escaped from the grave about fathers and mothers , graybeards , adolescents , babies , starved , beaten to death , strangled , machine-gunned , gassed , burned . Related terms |
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[ verb ] spend (significant amounts of money)
Examples "He has money to burn" Used in print (Winfred Van Atta, Shock Treatment....)It was a bad play , real grade-A turkey , which only a prevalence of angels with grandiose dreams of capital_gain and tax money to burn could have put into rehearsal . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 30675
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[ noun ] (medicine) an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
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