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(verb) burn with heat, fire, or radiation: "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" |
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Related Words: blacken, char, damage, scald, scorch, singe, swinge |
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(noun) damage inflicted by burning |
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Related Words: damage, harm, hurt, scald, scathe |
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(verb) undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" |
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Synonyms: combust |
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Related Words: blaze, blaze up, burn down, burn up, change state, flame, flame up, flare, go up, smolder, smoulder, turn |
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(verb) burn up completely; reduce to ashes; "burn garbage" |
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Synonyms: incinerate |
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Related Words: change integrity |
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(verb) destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" |
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Synonyms: burn down, fire |
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Related Words: backfire, cremate, destroy, ruin, torch |
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(verb) feel strong emotion, esp. anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies" |
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Related Words: experience, feel |
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(verb) feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning" |
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Related Words: ache, hurt, smart |
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(verb) spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn" |
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Related Words: blow, squander, waste |
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(verb) burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem" |
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Related Words: execute, put to death |
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(verb) cause to burn |
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Related Words: char, coal, ignite, light, set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set on fire |
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(verb) shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning" |
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Synonyms: glow |
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Related Words: beam, gutter, shine |
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(noun) a burned place or area |
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Synonyms: burn mark |
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Related Words: blemish, cigarette burn, defect |
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(noun) an injury cause by exposure to fire or chemicals or radiation |
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Related Words: erythema solare, first-degree burn, harm, hurt, injury, scald, scorch, second-degree burn, singe, sunburn, third-degree burn, trauma |
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(noun) pain that feels hot as if it were on fire |
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Synonyms: burning |
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Related Words: hurting, pain |
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(verb) get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun |
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Synonyms: sunburn |
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Related Words: colour, discolor, discolour |
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(verb) burn or sear (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" |
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Synonyms: cauterize |
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Related Words: care for, treat |
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(verb) use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" |
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Synonyms: burn off, burn up |
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Related Words: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out |
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(verb) cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" |
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Synonyms: bite, sting |
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Related Words: ache, hurt, smart |
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(noun) a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun |
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Synonyms: sunburn, suntan, tan |
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Related Words: physiological state |
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