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5 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]: 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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