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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Burn \Burn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burned} (?) or {Burnt} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Burning}.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen birnen, v. i., AS b[ae]rnan, bernan v. t., birnan v. i.; akin to OS brinnan, OFries barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan G. brennen, OD bernen, D. branden, Dan. br[ae]nde, Sw br["a]nna, brinna Icel. brenna, Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in comp.), and possibly to E. fervent.] 1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as to burn up wood. ``We'll burn his body in the holy place.'' --Shak. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. This tyrant fever burns me up --Shak. This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. --Dryden. When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire. --Ecclus. xliii. 20, 21. 6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to to cauterize. 7. (Chem.) 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 burn}, {To burn together}, as two surfaces of metal (Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a quantity of the same metal in a liquid state. {To burn a bowl} (Game of Bowls), to displace it accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be burned. {To burn daylight}, to light candles before it is dark; to waste time; to perform superfluous actions. --Shak. {To burn one's fingers}, to get one's self into unexpected trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others speculation, etc {To burn out}, to destroy or obliterate by burning. ``Must you with hot irons burn out mine eyes?'' --Shak. {To be burned out}, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of one's house, store, or shop, with the contents. {To burn up}, {To burn down}, to burn entirely. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Burning \Burn"ing\, a. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. 2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden. {Burning bush} (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Burning \Burn"ing\, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. {Burning glass}, a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. {Burning house} (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. --Weale. {Burning mirror}, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: burning adj 1: producing or having a painfully hot sensation; "begged for water to soothe his burning throat" 2: intensely hot; "a burning fever"; "the burning sand" [syn: {burning(a)}] 3: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: {ardent}, {burning(a)}, {fervent}, {fervid}, {fiery}, {impassioned}, {perfervid}, {torrid}] 4: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)}, {alight(p)}, {blazing}, {flaming}, {on fire(p)}] 5: of immediate import; "burning issues of the day" [syn: {burning(a)}] 6: consuming fuel; used in combination; "coal-burning (or wood-burning) stoves" n 1: the act of burning something "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance" [syn: {combustion}] 2: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: {burn}] 3: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light [syn: {combustion}] 4: execution by electricity [syn: {electrocution}] 5: execution by fire [syn: {burning at the stake}]
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