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burn
bəːn Listen
Meanings
verb
  • (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.
    E.g. a fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate
  • destroy, damage, or injure by heat or fire.
    E.g. he burned all the letters
  • produce (a CD or DVD) by copying from an original or master copy.
  • drive or move very fast.
    E.g. he burned past us like a maniac
  • insult (someone) in a particularly cutting way.
    E.g. Mark burns him by saying he hasn't even heard of the guy's agency
noun
  • an injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.
    E.g. he was treated in hospital for burns to his hands
  • consumption of a type of fuel as an energy source.
    E.g. natural gas produces the cleanest burn of the lot
  • an act of clearing of vegetation by burning.
  • a cigarette.
noun
  • a small stream.

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