Word Finder - burn

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A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

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She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.

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A sensation resembling such an injury.

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chili burn from eating hot peppers

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The act of burning something with fire.

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They're doing a controlled burn of the fields.

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An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.

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An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).

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Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.

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One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!

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Tobacco.

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The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.

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The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.

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They have a good burn.

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A disease in vegetables; brand.

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To cause to be consumed by fire.

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He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.

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To be consumed by fire, or in flames.

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He watched the house burn.

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To overheat so as to make unusable.

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He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.

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To become overheated to the point of being unusable.

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The grill was too hot and the steak burned.

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To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.

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to burn a hole;  to burn letters into a block

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To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.

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She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years.

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To cauterize.

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To sunburn.

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She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned.

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To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.

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to burn the mouth with pepper

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To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.

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The child's forehead was burning with fever.  Her cheeks burned with shame.

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To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

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A human being burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration.  to burn iron in oxygen

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To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.

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Copper burns in chlorine.

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To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.

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We’ll burn this program onto an EEPROM one hour before the demo begins.

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To betray.

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The informant burned him.

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To insult or defeat.

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I just burned you again.

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To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.

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The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year.

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In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

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You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!

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To accidentally touch a moving stone.

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In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.

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To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).

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(of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star

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To discard.

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To shoot someone with a firearm.