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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Burn \Burn\ (b[^u]rn), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Burned} (b[^u]rnd) or {Burnt} (b[^u]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Burning}.] [OE. bernen, brennen, verb (used with an object), early confused with beornen, birnen, verb (used without an object), AS. b[ae]rnan, bernan, verb (used with an object), birnan, verb (used without an object); 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 ??ass 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}, (a) to destroy or obliterate by burning. ''Must you with hot irons burn out mine eyes?'' --Shak. (b) to force (people) to flee by burning their homes or places of business; as, the rioters burned out the Chinese businessmen.
{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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Burnt \Burnt\, p. p. & a. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
{Burnt ear}, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See {Smut}.
{Burnt offering}, something offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Called also {burnt sacrifice}. --[2 Sam. xxiv. 22.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
burn
noun
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 heat or chemicals or radiation
4: a burned place or area [syn: {burn mark}]
5: damage inflicted by burning
verb
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 or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: {bite}, {sting}]
5: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: {combust}]
6: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"
7: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" [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, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" [syn: {cauterize}, {cauterise}]
12: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: {sunburn}]
13: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn: {cut}]
14: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" [syn: {burn off}, {burn up}]
15: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" [also: {burnt}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
burnt
adjective
1: ruined by overcooking; "she served us underdone bacon and burnt buscuits" [syn: {burned}]
2: having undergone oxidation; "burned powder" [syn: {burned}] [ant: {unburned}]
3: treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point; "burnt sienna" [syn: {burned}]
4: hardened by subjecting to intense heat; "baked bricks"; "burned bricks" [syn: {baked}, {burned}]
5: destroyed or badly damaged by fire; "a row of burned houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars" [syn: {burned}, {burned-out}, {burnt-out}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
burnt See {burn}
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