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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Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery..
Torrid :: Torrid (a.) Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
Ardurous :: Ardurous (a.) Burning; ardent.
Pyre :: Pyre (n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt..
Holocaust :: Holocaust (n.) A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations..
Foul :: Foul (v. t.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
Scorching :: Scorching (a.) Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
Singe :: Singe (v. t.) To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin..
Cremate :: Cremate (v. t.) To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it..
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher..
Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour..
Laburnic :: Laburnic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum..
Withe-rod :: Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.
Burned :: Burned (p. p.) Burnished.
Incense :: Incense (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
Scorch :: Scorch (v. t.) To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire..
Adustion :: Adustion (n.) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried..
Char :: Char (n.) To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.
Polish :: Polish (v. t.) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc..
Incremate :: Incremate (v. t.) To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate..
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