burn
/bɜːn//bɝn/noun
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A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
Example: She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
A sensation resembling such an injury.
Example: chili burn from eating hot peppers
The act of burning something with fire.
Example: They're doing a controlled burn of the fields.
An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
verb
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To cause to be consumed by fire.
Example: He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.
To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
Example: He watched the house burn.
To overheat so as to make unusable.
Example: He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.
To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
Example: The grill was too hot and the steak burned.