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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]:
Burn \Burn\, n.
1. A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or
intense heat.
2. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in
brickmaking; as they have a good burn.
3. A disease in vegetables. See {Brand}, n., 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burn \Burn\, n. [See 1st {Bourn}.]
A small stream. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burn \Burn\, v. i.
1. To be of fire; to flame. ``The mount burned with fire.''
--Deut. ix 15.
2. To suffer from or be scorched by an excess of heat.
Your meat doth burn, quoth I. --Shak.
3. To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or
emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or
rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively
emotion or strong desire; as the face burns; to burn with
fever.
Did not our heart burn within us while he talked
with us by the way? --Luke xxiv.
32.
The barge she sat in like a burnished throne,
Burned on the water. --Shak.
Burning with high hope. --Byron.
The groan still deepens, and the combat burns.
--Pope.
The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the
effect of fire. --Milton.
4. (Chem.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat;
as copper burns in chlorine.
5. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object
which is sought. [Colloq.]
{To burn out}, to burn till the fuel is exhausted.
{To burn up}, {To burn down}, to be entirely consumed.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
burn
n 1: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: {burning}]
2: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
of the sun [syn: {tan}, {suntan}, {sunburn}]
3: an injury cause by exposure to fire or chemicals or
radiation
4: a burned place or area [syn: {burn mark}]
5: damage inflicted by burning
v 1: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
[syn: {fire}, {burn down}]
2: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in
the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: {glow}]
3: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: {combust}]
4: cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun
burned his face" [syn: {bite}, {sting}]
5: cause to burn
6: feel strong emotion, esp. anger or passion; "She was burning
with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"
7: burn up completely; reduce to ashes; "burn garbage" [syn: {incinerate}]
8: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
9: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
10: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
11: burn or sear (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current
or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
[syn: {cauterize}]
12: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: {sunburn}]
13: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous
exercise" [syn: {burn off}, {burn up}]
14: burn with heat, fire, or radiation: "The iron burnt a hole
in my dress"
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