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BURN UP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire

Example:

The mountain of paper went up in flames

Synonyms:

burn down; burn up; go up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "burn up" is one way to...):

burn; combust (undergo combustion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "burn up"):

incinerate (become reduced to ashes)

Sentence frame:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Use up (energy)

Example:

burn off calories through vigorous exercise

Synonyms:

burn; burn off; burn up

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "burn up" 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 3

Meaning:

Burn brightly

Example:

Every star seemed to flare with new intensity

Synonyms:

blaze up; burn up; flame up; flare

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "burn up" is one way to...):

burn; combust (undergo combustion)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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