burning
Pronunciation:
/bɜːnɪŋ//bɝnɪŋ/verb
Definitions
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.
noun
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The act by which something burns or is burned.
A fire.
Example: The burnings continued all day.
adjective
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So hot as to seem to burn (something).
Example: the burning sun
Feeling very hot.
Example: burning skin
Feeling great passion.
Example: her burning heart
Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
Example: burning zeal