Definition of burn

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Burn (v. i.) To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat..

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Burn :: 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..
Combustible :: Combustible (a.) Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.
Matte :: Matte (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss..
Skyrocket :: Skyrocket (n.) A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.
Calcination :: Calcination (n.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime..
Burnoose :: Burnoose (n.) Alt. of Burnou.
Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it..
Ardent :: Ardent (a.) Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever..
Hobblebush :: Hobblebush (n.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple..
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay..
Inustion :: Inustion (n.) The act of burning or branding.
Laburnic :: Laburnic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum..
Teend :: Teend (v. t. & i.) To kindle; to burn.
Inburnt :: Inburnt (a.) Burnt in; ineffaceable.
Pyrophone :: Pyrophone (n.) A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by flames of hydrogen, or illuminating gas, burning in tubes of different sizes and lengths..
Fireworm :: Fireworm (n.) The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called also cranberry worm..
Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
Encaustic :: Encaustic (a.) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.
Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
Burned :: Burned (p. p. & a.) See Burnt.
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