Definition of burn

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Burn (v. t.) To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood..

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Inustion :: Inustion (n.) The act of burning or branding.
Dysodile :: Dysodile (n.) An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning..
Tip :: Tip (n.) An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc..
Vestal :: Vestal (a.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar..
Conflagrant :: Conflagrant (a.) Burning together in a common flame.
Cardialgy :: Cardialgy (n.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion..
Ardurous :: Ardurous (a.) Burning; ardent.
Singe :: Singe (n.) A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
Fiery :: Fiery (a.) heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish..
Encense :: Encense (n.) To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense.
Cremation :: Cremation (n.) A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead..
Regenerator :: Regenerator (n.) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas..
Skyrocket :: Skyrocket (n.) A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.
Bunsen''s Battery :: Bunsen's battery () Alt. of Bunsen's burne.
Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
Grate :: Grate (n.) A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning..
Mowburn :: Mowburn (v. i.) To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green..
Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it..
Alburn :: Alburn (n.) The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls..
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