Definition of burn

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Burn (v. i.) To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever..

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Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow..
Conflagration :: Conflagration (n.) A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning..
Blea :: Blea (n.) The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.
Burnet :: Burnet (n.) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet..
Cense :: Cense (v. t.) To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.
Brenne :: Brenne (v. t. & i.) To burn.
Ashes :: Ashes (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay..
Unguent :: Unguent (n.) A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment..
Wheal :: Wheal (n.) Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria..
Bunsen''s Battery :: Bunsen's battery () Alt. of Bunsen's burne.
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..
Eburnine :: Eburnine (a.) Of or pertaining to ivory.
Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..
Low :: Low (v. i.) To burn; to blaze.
Inflamed :: Inflamed (p. a.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame..
Dehorn :: Dehorn (v. t.) To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn.
Fireweed :: Fireweed (n.) An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned..
Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet..
Heartburning :: Heartburning (a.) Causing discontent.
Umber :: Umber (n.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below..
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