Definition of burn

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Burn (v. t.) 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..

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Stake :: Stake (v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire..
Deflagrate :: Deflagrate (v. t.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame..
Sun-burner :: Sunburn (n.) The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.
Flame :: Flame (n.) To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.
Bude Burner :: Bude burner () A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygen gas or common air is supplied.
Adustion :: Adustion (n.) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried..
Furbish :: Furbish (v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear..
Scorch :: Scorch (v. i.) To burn or be burnt.
Auto-da-fe :: Auto-da-fe (n.) An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies..
Burnish :: Burnish (n.) The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.
Chark :: Chark (v. t.) To burn to a coal; to char.
Eburnation :: Eburnation (n.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory..
Incremable :: Incremable (a.) Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe.
Incremation :: Incremation (n.) Burning; esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation..
Brenne :: Brenne (v. t. & i.) To burn.
Sunburning :: Sunburnt () of Sunbur.
Overburn :: Overburn (v. t. & i.) To burn too much; to be overzealous.
Skyrocket :: Skyrocket (n.) A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.
Fireweed :: Fireweed (n.) An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned..
Adust :: Adust (a.) Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.
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