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NOUN | 1 | burn, burning | Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire |
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2 | burn, tan, suntan, sunburn | A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun | |
3 | burn | An injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation | |
4 | burn, burn mark | A burned place or area | |
5 | burn | Damage inflicted by burning | |
VERB | 1 | burn, fire, burn down | Destroy by fire |
2 | burn, glow | Shine intensely, as if with heat | |
3 | burn, combust | Undergo combustion | |
4 | burn, bite, sting | Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | |
5 | burn, combust | Cause to burn or combust | |
6 | burn | Feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion | |
7 | burn, incinerate | Cause to undergo combustion | |
8 | burn | Burn at the stake | |
9 | burn | Spend (significant amounts of money) | |
10 | burn | Feel hot or painful | |
11 | burn, cauterize, cauterise | Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | |
12 | burn, sunburn | Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun | |
13 | burn, cut | Create by duplicating data | |
14 | burn, burn off, burn up | Use up (energy) | |
15 | burn | Burn with heat, fire, or radiation |
Sounds | ber'n |
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Rhymes | adjourn, andiron, auburn, and 58 more rhymes in ern at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire. |
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Synonyms | burning |
Broader | pain, hurting |
Verbs | burn; burn |
Meaning | A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun. |
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Synonyms | tan, suntan, sunburn |
Broader | hyperpigmentation |
Verbs | burn |
Meaning | An injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation. |
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Narrower | electric burn; scorch, singe; scald; first-degree burn; second-degree burn; third-degree burn |
Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma |
Verbs | burn |
Meaning | A burned place or area. |
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Synonyms | burn mark |
Narrower | cigarette burn |
Broader | blemish, defect, mar |
Verbs | burn; burn; burn |
Meaning | Damage inflicted by burning. |
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Narrower | scald |
Broader | damage, harm, hurt, scathe |
Verbs | burn; burn; burn |
Meaning | Destroy by fire. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Model | They burn the trees |
Examples | "They burned the house and his diaries" |
Synonyms | fire, burn down |
Entailed by | burn |
Narrower | backfire; cremate; torch; scorch |
Broader | destroy, ruin |
Similar to | burn, combust; burn, incinerate |
Nouns | burn |
Meaning | Shine intensely, as if with heat. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Model | Lights burn on the horizon; The horizon is burning with lights |
Examples | "The candles were burning" |
Synonyms | glow |
Narrower | gutter |
Broader | shine, beam |
Meaning | Undergo combustion. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Model | The wooden sticks burn; These fabrics burn easily |
Examples | "Maple wood burns well" |
Synonyms | combust |
Caused by | ignite, light; burn, combust |
Narrower | burn down, burn up, go up; smolder, smoulder; scorch, sear, singe; deflagrate; flame; flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up; blaze |
Broader | change state, turn |
Similar to | burn, fire, burn down |
Participle | unburned; burned, burnt |
Nouns | burn |
Meaning | Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "The sun burned his face" |
Synonyms | bite, sting |
Narrower | nettle, urticate |
Broader | ache, smart, hurt |
Similar to | burn |
Nouns | burn |
Meaning | Cause to burn or combust. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | They burn the trees |
Examples | "The sun burned off the fog" |
Synonyms | combust |
Cause to | burn, combust |
Narrower | ignite, light; set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire, set afire; char, coal; deflagrate |
Similar to | erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate |
Meaning | Feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies" |
Broader | feel, experience |
Meaning | Cause to undergo combustion. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" |
Synonyms | incinerate |
Broader | change integrity |
Similar to | incinerate; burn, fire, burn down |
Nouns | burn; burn; burner |
Meaning | Burn at the stake. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "Witches were burned in Salem" |
Entails | burn, fire, burn down |
Broader | execute, put to death |
Meaning | Spend (significant amounts of money). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "He has money to burn" |
Broader | waste, blow, squander |
Meaning | Feel hot or painful. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "My eyes are burning" |
Broader | ache, smart, hurt |
Similar to | bite, sting, burn |
Nouns | burn |
Meaning | Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | cauterize, cauterise |
Entails | sear, scorch |
Broader | treat, care for |
Nouns | burn |
Meaning | Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | sunburn |
Broader | discolor, discolour, colour, color |
Nouns | burn |
Meaning | Create by duplicating data. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "burn a CD" |
Synonyms | cut |
Broader | produce, make, create |
Similar to | cut |
Meaning | Use up (energy). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" |
Synonyms | burn off, burn up |
Broader | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out |
Meaning | Burn with heat, fire, or radiation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" |
Narrower | scald; char, blacken, scorch |
Broader | damage |
Nouns | burn; burn |