Definition of burn

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Burn (v. t.) 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..

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Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow..
Save-all :: Save-all (n.) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned..
Dyspepsy :: Dyspepsy () A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc..
Fuel :: Fuel (n.) Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc..
Broach :: Broach (n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper..
Bunsen''s Battery :: Bunsen's battery () Alt. of Bunsen's burne.
Encense :: Encense (n.) To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense.
Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..
Burnettized :: Burnettized (imp. & p. p.) of Burnettiz.
Antipyrotic :: Antipyrotic (a.) Good against burns or pyrosis.
Adustible :: Adustible (a.) That may be burnt.
Ardurous :: Ardurous (a.) Burning; ardent.
Tilery :: Tilery (n.) A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.
Sheepberry :: Sheepberry (n.) The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry..
Fireweed :: Fireweed (n.) An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned..
Scorching :: Scorching (a.) Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
Sun-burner :: Sunburn (n.) The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.
Sunburn :: Sunburning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sunbur.
Flatting :: Flatting (n.) A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size..
Fire :: Fire (n.) The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
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