burn

1. 1

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

   • She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
   • He burnt his hand with acid.
2. 2

   A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.; A mark left behind by a burn; a scorch or scar caused by a burn.countableuncountable

   • Cut the cigarette burn out from the fabric.
   • the burn scar on his face
3. 3

   A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.; An abrasion resembling a burn.countableuncountable

   • carpet burn, rope burn, rug burn, turf burn
4. 4

   A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.; A disease in vegetables, which causes discoloration that looks like a burn.uncountable

5. 5

   A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin.countableuncountable

   • I dread the burn of the disinfectant where it enters an open wound.
   • The burn in my eyes was caused by that bright light.
6. 6

   A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin.; A physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by a build-up of lactic acid.countableuncountable

   • One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn in your thighs!
7. 7

   A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin.; Anger, especially slowly mounting in intensity.countablefigurativelyuncountable

   • a slow burn
   • The burn of anger remained in him.
8. 8

   A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin.; An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.countablefigurativelyslang

9. 9

   A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin.; An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.countablefigurativelyslang

   • sick burn
10. 10

    The act or action of burning something with fire, or by analogous means; the quality or nature of an act of burning.countableuncountable

    • They’re doing a monitored burn of the fields.
    • We went to the burn site to examine the evidence.

1. 1

   To be consumed by fire or in flames.intransitive

   • He watched the house burn.
   • The wood will not burn well because it is wet.
2. 2

   To be consumed by fire or in flames.; To contain a fire or coals.intransitive

   • The wood stove was burning, giving off plenty of heat.
   • The campfire died down, but it's still burning enough to feel some warmth through the night.
3. 3

   To be consumed by fire or in flames.; To become overheated to the point of being unusable; to become scorched.intransitive

   • The grill was too hot and the steak burned.
4. 4

   To be consumed by fire or in flames.; To be executed by an electric chair.intransitive

   • In this state, he could burn for his crimes.
5. 5

   To be consumed by fire or in flames.; To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.intransitive

   • The child’s forehead was burning with fever. Her cheeks burned with shame.
   • In ſlumbers oft for fere I quake / For hete & cold I burne & ſhake / For lake of ſlepe my hede dothe ake / What menys thys
6. 6

   To be consumed by fire or in flames.; To 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.figurativelyintransitive

   • You’re cold… warm… hot… you’re burning!
7. 7

   To be consumed by fire or in flames.; To desire or ache for (something); to be intense, as a desire.USfigurativelyintransitive

   • I burn for her touch.
   • He tried to get over it, but he burned for revenge against those who wronged him.
8. 8

   To be consumed by fire or in flames.; To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star; to undergo nuclear fusion or nuclear fission.intransitive

9. 9

   To warm (something); to put off intense heat; to be hot.ambitransitive

   • The heat from the open oven burned the air around me.
   • The sun's rays burned hot today.
10. 10

    To warm (something); to put off intense heat; to be hot.; To give off light; to be lit up; to shine so bright as to seem to harm (something).ambitransitivefiguratively

    • That bulb has been burning for years.
    • The spotlight burned my eyes.

syn. burn · combust · forburn · go up · outburn · torch

1. 1

   A large stream.Northern-EnglandScotland

   • 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.
   • He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a burn, and smoke innumerable pipes to the tune of the water on the stones.