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BURN
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Irregular inflected form: burnt
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Damage inflicted by fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("burn" is a kind of...):
damage; harm; hurt; scathe (the act of damaging something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "burn"):
scald (the act of burning with steam or hot water)
Derivation:
burn (damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation)
burn (undergo combustion)
burn (cause to undergo combustion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
Synonyms:
burn; burn mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("burn" is a kind of...):
blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "burn"):
cigarette burn (a burn mark left by a smoldering cigarette)
Derivation:
burn (damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation)
burn (cause to undergo combustion)
burn (destroy by fire)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("burn" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "burn"):
electric burn (a burn caused by heat produced by an electric current)
scorch; singe (a surface burn)
scald (a burn cause by hot liquid or steam)
first-degree burn (burn causing redness of the skin surface)
second-degree burn (burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis)
third-degree burn (burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis)
Derivation:
burn (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("burn" is a kind of...):
hyperpigmentation (unusual darkening of the skin)
Derivation:
burn (get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
Synonyms:
burn; burning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("burn" is a kind of...):
hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)
Derivation:
burn (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort)
burn (feel hot or painful)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they burn ... he / she / it burns
Past participle: burned /burnt
-ing form: burning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
Synonyms:
burn; sunburn
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
color; colour; discolor; discolour (change color, often in an undesired manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
burn (a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
Example:
The iron burnt a hole in my dress
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
damage (inflict damage upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "burn"):
scald (burn with a hot liquid or steam)
burn; cauterise; cauterize (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent)
blacken; char; scorch; sear (burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
burnable (capable of burning)
burn (a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body))
burn (damage inflicted by fire)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
Example:
The surgeon cauterized the wart
Synonyms:
burn; cauterise; cauterize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
care for; treat (provide treatment for)
burn (damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation)
"Burn" entails doing...:
scorch; sear (make very hot and dry)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
burn (an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Undergo combustion
Example:
Maple wood burns well
Synonyms:
burn; combust
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Verb group:
burn; burn down; fire (destroy by fire)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "burn"):
blaze (burn brightly and intensely)
blaze up; burn up; flame up; flare (burn brightly)
flame (be in flames or aflame)
deflagrate (burn with great heat and intense light)
scorch; sear; singe (become superficially burned)
smolder; smoulder (burn slowly and without a flame)
burn down; burn up; go up (burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence examples:
The wooden sticks burn
These fabrics burn easily
Derivation:
burn (damage inflicted by fire)
burnable (capable of burning)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Cause to undergo combustion
Example:
The car burns only Diesel oil
Synonyms:
burn; incinerate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Verb group:
incinerate (become reduced to ashes)
burn; burn down; fire (destroy by fire)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
burn (damage inflicted by fire)
burn (a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body))
burnable (capable of burning)
burner (an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse))
Sense 6
Meaning:
Destroy by fire
Example:
They burned the house and his diaries
Synonyms:
burn; burn down; fire
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)
Verb group:
burn; combust (undergo combustion)
burn; incinerate (cause to undergo combustion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "burn"):
backfire (set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire)
cremate (reduce to ashes)
torch (burn maliciously, as by arson)
scorch (destroy completely by or as if by fire)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They burn the trees
Derivation:
burn (a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body))
burnable (capable of burning)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Use up (energy)
Example:
burn off calories through vigorous exercise
Synonyms:
burn; burn off; burn up
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
Create by duplicating data
Example:
burn a CD
Synonyms:
burn; cut
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Verb group:
cut (record a performance on (a medium))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
Meaning:
Feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
Example:
He was burning to try out his new skies
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 10
Meaning:
Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
Example:
The sun burned his face
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
ache; hurt; smart (be the source of pain)
Verb group:
burn (feel hot or painful)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "burn"):
nettle; urticate (sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
burn (pain that feels hot as if it were on fire)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Feel hot or painful
Example:
My eyes are burning
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
ache; hurt; smart (be the source of pain)
Verb group:
bite; burn; sting (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
burn (pain that feels hot as if it were on fire)
Sense 12
Meaning:
Spend (significant amounts of money)
Example:
He has money to burn
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
blow; squander; waste (spend thoughtlessly; throw away)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 13
Meaning:
Execute by tying to a stake and setting alight
Example:
Witches were burned in Salem
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
execute; put to death (kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment)
"Burn" entails doing...:
burn; burn down; fire (destroy by fire)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 14
Meaning:
Cause to burn or combust
Example:
We combust coal and other fossil fuels
Synonyms:
burn; combust
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Cause:
burn; combust (undergo combustion)
Verb group:
catch fire; combust; conflagrate; erupt; ignite; take fire (start to burn or burst into flames)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "burn"):
ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)
set ablaze; set afire; set aflame; set on fire (set fire to; cause to start burning)
char; coal (burn to charcoal)
deflagrate (cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They burn the trees
Derivation:
burnable (capable of burning)
Sense 15
Meaning:
Shine intensely, as if with heat
Example:
The candles were burning
Synonyms:
burn; glow
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "burn" is one way to...):
beam; shine (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "burn"):
gutter (burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence examples:
Lights burn on the horizon
The horizon is burning with lights
Context examples:
Walled by the living clay, that fierce intelligence we had known burned on; but it burned on in silence and darkness. And it was disembodied.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
They burned into me, and my strength became like water.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; do you ever have any burning pain in your legs and/or feet?
(MNSI - Burning Pain Legs/Feet, NCI Thesaurus)
Vinyl fluoride is extremely flammable and emits highly toxic hydrogen fluoride gas when burned.
(Monofluoroethene, NCI Thesaurus)
Words used to describe very hot pain include 'burning' and 'on fire.'
(NPS - Tell Us How Hot Your Pain Feels, NCI Thesaurus)
You shall become a black poodle and have a gold collar round your neck, and shall eat burning coals, till the flames burst forth from your throat.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
In traditional Chinese medicine, a type of heat therapy in which an herb is burned on or above the skin to warm and stimulate an acupuncture point or affected area.
(Moxibustion, NCI Dictionary)
It is given off by burning fuel (as in exhaust from cars or household heaters) and tobacco products.
(Carbon monoxide, NCI Dictionary)
Calendula-based skin products have been used to treat minor cuts, burns, and skin irritation.
(Calendula ointment, NCI Dictionary)
It was a wax vesta half burned, which was so coated with mud that it looked at first like a little chip of wood.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
