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n act, process, instance, or result of burning: such as
  • injury or damage resulting from exposure to fire, heat, caustics, electricity, or certain radiations
  • a burned area
    • plural burns

    Definition (Entry 2 of 3)

    • an act, process, instance, or result of burning: such as
      injury or damage resulting from exposure to fire, heat, caustics, electricity, or certain radiations
      a burned area //a burn on the tabletop
      an abrasion (as of the skin) having the appearance of a burn //rope burns
      a burning sensation //the burn of iodine on a cut
    • the firing of a rocket engine in flight
    • anger
      especially increasing fury —used chiefly in the phrase slow burn
    • slang a cutting remark intended to embarrass or humiliate someone —used chiefly in the phrase sick burn //But plenty of us peasants know the feeling: We have stared down an unraveling romantic relationship and wanted desperately to spew one more sick burn or two about a now-former partner. — Alana Massey //During a lecture on conservatism at an Ivy League university, a 65-year-old guest speaker delivered a sick burn to the president of the United States. — Amanda Arnold
    noun (2)

    Definition (Entry 3 of 3)

    Other Words
    Verb
    • burn​able ˈbər-nə-bəl adjective //removed all the burnable material //burnable CDs
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms: Verb
    blaze combust flame glow
    Synonyms: Noun (2)
    beck [British] bourn (or bourne) brook brooklet creek gill [British] rill rivulet run [chiefly Midland] runlet runnel streamlet
    Examples
    Verb
    • //A flame is kept constantly burning at the monument.
    • //A small fire burned brightly in the fireplace.
    • //There was a little stove burning in the front room.
    • //I could smell smoke and knew that something was burning.
    • //Be sure not to leave any candles burning when you go to bed.
    • //I burned the letter when I had finished reading it.
    • //The new town law makes it illegal to burn trash.
    • //The wildfire has burned acres of forest.
    • //Parts of the house were badly burned in the fire.
    • //a material that burns easily
    Noun (2)
    • //the walkers forded the shallow burn and then came upon a field of gorse
    First Known Use
    Verb
    before 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2c
    Noun (1)
    1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1
    Noun (2)
    before 12th century, in the meaning defined above
    History and Etymology
    Verb
    Middle English birnen, from Old English byrnan, intransitive verb, bærnan, transitive verb; akin to Old High German brinnan to burn
    Noun (2)
    Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German brunno spring of water
    burn
    verb

    Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

    plural burns

    Definition (Entry 2 of 3)

    • an act, process, instance, or result of burning: such as
      injury or damage resulting from exposure to fire, heat, caustics, electricity, or certain radiations
      a burned area //a burn on the tabletop
      an abrasion (as of the skin) having the appearance of a burn //rope burns
      a burning sensation //the burn of iodine on a cut
    • the firing of a rocket engine in flight
    • anger
      especially increasing fury —used chiefly in the phrase slow burn
    • slang a cutting remark intended to embarrass or humiliate someone —used chiefly in the phrase sick burn //But plenty of us peasants know the feeling: We have stared down an unraveling romantic relationship and wanted desperately to spew one more sick burn or two about a now-former partner. — Alana Massey //During a lecture on conservatism at an Ivy League university, a 65-year-old guest speaker delivered a sick burn to the president of the United States. — Amanda Arnold
    noun (2)

    Definition (Entry 3 of 3)

    Other Words
    Verb
    • burn​able ˈbər-nə-bəl adjective //removed all the burnable material //burnable CDs
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms: Verb
    blaze combust flame glow
    Synonyms: Noun (2)
    beck [British] bourn (or bourne) brook brooklet creek gill [British] rill rivulet run [chiefly Midland] runlet runnel streamlet
    Examples
    Verb
    • //A flame is kept constantly burning at the monument.
    • //A small fire burned brightly in the fireplace.
    • //There was a little stove burning in the front room.
    • //I could smell smoke and knew that something was burning.
    • //Be sure not to leave any candles burning when you go to bed.
    • //I burned the letter when I had finished reading it.
    • //The new town law makes it illegal to burn trash.
    • //The wildfire has burned acres of forest.
    • //Parts of the house were badly burned in the fire.
    • //a material that burns easily
    Noun (2)
    • //the walkers forded the shallow burn and then came upon a field of gorse
    First Known Use
    Verb
    before 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2c
    Noun (1)
    1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1
    Noun (2)
    before 12th century, in the meaning defined above
    History and Etymology
    Verb
    Middle English birnen, from Old English byrnan, intransitive verb, bærnan, transitive verb; akin to Old High German brinnan to burn
    Noun (2)
    Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German brunno spring of water
    burn
    verb

    Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)