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See bùrn

English

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /bɜː(r)n/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-burn.ogg


Homophones


Etymology 1

From , and {{term|brenna||to burn, light|lang=non}}.

Noun

  1. A physical injury caused by heat or caustic chemicals.
  2. : She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
  3. The act of burning something.
  4. : They’re doing a controlled burn of the fields.
  5. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
  6. : One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!
  7. An intense non-physical sting, as left by an effective insult.


Derived terms
Translations
  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|djegje|xs=Albanian}}
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|opeklina|f}}; {{t|hr|opekotina|f}}
  • Danish: ,
  • Dutch: {{t|nl|brandwond|f}}, {{t-|nl|verbranding|f}}
  • Esperanto: {{t|eo|brulvundo|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t|de|Brandwunde|f}}, {{t+|de|Verbrennung|f}}
  • Hebrew: {{t|he|כוויה|f|tr=kvi'a|sc=Hebr}}
  • Hungarian: ,
  • Italian: {{t-|it|bruciatura|f}}, {{t-|it|ustione|f}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|やけど|tr=yakedo|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|焼け焦げ|tr=yakekoge|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish: {{t|ku|سوتان|tr=sootAn|sc=KUchar}}
  • Norwegian: ,
  • Portuguese: {{t|pt|queimadura|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|ожог|m|tr=ožóg|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Scottish Gaelic: {{t-|gd|allt|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}, {{t-|gd|losgadh|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|opeklina|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|quemadura|f}}
  • Swedish: ,
  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|djegje|xs=Albanian}}
  • Croatian: {{t|hr|paljenje|n}}
  • Danish:
  • Dutch: , {{t|nl|afbranden|n}}
  • Esperanto: {{t|eo|brulo|xs=Esperanto}}, {{t|eo|brulado|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Verbrennung|f}}
  • Norwegian:
  • Russian: {{t|ru|сжигание|n|tr=sžigánije|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Scottish Gaelic: {{t-|gd|losgadh|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
  • Slovene: {{t|sl|prižiganje|n}}
  • Swedish:
  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|djegje|xs=Albanian}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|branden|n}}, {{t|nl|branderigheid|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|pijn|f}}

Verb

{{en-verb|burns|burning|burnt or burned}}

  1. To be consumed by fire, or at least in flames.
  2. : He watched the house burn.
  3. To become overheated so as to make unusable.
  4. : The grill was too hot and the steak was burned.
  5. To feel hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
  6. : Her cheeks burned with shame.
  7. To sunburn.
  8. : She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned.
  9. In the Context of To accidentally touch a moving stone.
  10. In the Context of To cause to be consumed by fire.
  11. : He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.
  12. In the Context of To overheat so as to make unusable.
  13. : He burned the toast.
  14. To injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals.
  15. : She burned the child with an iron, and was put in jail for ten years.
  16. In the Context of To betray.
  17. : The informant burned him.
  18. In the Context of To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
  19. : We’ll burn this program onto an E-PROM one hour before the demo begins.
  20. To waste (time).
  21. : We have an hour to burn.
  22. In the Context of To insult or defeat.
  23. : I just burned you again.
  24. In the Context of In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair. Also to deal a dead card.


Derived terms
Translations
  • Bosnian:
  • Breton: {{t-|br|devi|xs=Breton}}, {{t-|br|leski|xs=Breton}}
  • Chinese: {{t-|cmn|烧|tr=shāo|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}}
  • Crimean Tatar: {{tø|crh|yanmaq|xs=Crimean Tatar}}
  • Croatian:
  • Czech:
  • Danish: ,
  • Dutch: ,
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|bruli|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German:
  • Hebrew: {{t|he|להישרף|tr=le'hisaref|sc=Hebr}}
  • Hungarian: ,
  • Icelandic:
  • Indonesian: {{t-|id|bakar|alt=membakar|xs=Indonesian}}
  • Italian: , ,
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|燃える|tr=moeru|sc=Jpan}}; {{t|ja|焼ける|tr=yakeru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|سوتان|tr=sootAn|sc=KUchar}}
  • Polish: palić się|palić
  • Portuguese: , ,
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|гореть|tr=gor'ét'|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|пылать|tr=pylát'|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Serbian:
  • Scottish Gaelic: loisg
  • Slovene:
  • Spanish: ,
  • Sumerian {{tø|sux|𒅡𒅡|tr=KA׊È.KA׊È|sc=Xsux|xs=Sumerian}}
  • Swedish: brinna
  • Telugu: కాలు (kaalu)
  • Norwegian:
  • Dutch: ,
  • Dutch: ,
  • Portuguese:
  • Croatian: pržiti
  • Czech:
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • German:
  • Norwegian:
  • Portuguese:
  • Swedish:
  • Dutch: , ,
  • Czech:

Etymology 2

From , {{term|burne|lang=ang||spring, fountain}}.

Noun

  1. {{context|Scottish|Northern English|Geordie}} A stream.


Related terms


Translations
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|stroom|m}}

Etymology 3

From , cognate with {{term|Brunne||well|lang=de}}.

Noun

  1. brook, rivulet


Translations
  • Danish: ,
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|beek|m}}, {{t+|nl|sloot|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Bach|m}}
  • Norwegian: ,
  • Russian: {{t-|ru|ручей|n|tr=ruchey|sc=Cyrl}}

References

Category:1000 English basic words Category:English ergative verbs Category:English irregular verbs

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Scots

Noun

  1. A small river.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Burn \Burn\ (b[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burned (b[^u]rnd)
or Burnt (b[^u]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Burning.] [OE.
bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen,
v. i., AS. b[ae]rnan, bernan, v. t., birnan, v. i.; akin to
OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G.
brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. br[ae]nde, Sw.
br[aum]nna, brinna, Icel. brenna, Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in
comp.), and possibly to E. fervent.]
1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of
heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn
up wood. "We'll burn his body in the holy place." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some
property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or
heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char;
to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face
in the sun; the sun burns the grass.
[1913 Webster]

3. To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the
action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to
destroy or change some property or properties of, by
exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a
desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn
clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to
produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.
[1913 Webster]

4. To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the
application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn
charcoal; to burn letters into a block.
[1913 Webster]

5. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by
action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does;
as, to burn the mouth with pepper.
[1913 Webster]

This tyrant fever burns me up. --Shak.
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This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. --Dryden.
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When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth
the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and
consumeth the ??ass as fire. --Ecclus.
xliii. 20, 21.
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6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Chem.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active
agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as,
a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each
respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.
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To burn, To burn together, as two surfaces of metal
(Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a
quantity of the same metal in a liquid state.

To burn a bowl (Game of Bowls), to displace it
accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be
burned.

To burn daylight, to light candles before it is dark; to
waste time; to perform superfluous actions. --Shak.

To burn one's fingers, to get one's self into unexpected
trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others,
speculation, etc.

To burn out,
(a) to destroy or obliterate by burning. "Must you with
hot irons burn out mine eyes?" --Shak.
(b) to force (people) to flee by burning their homes or
places of business; as, the rioters burned out the
Chinese businessmen.

To be burned out, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of
one's house, store, or shop, with the contents.

To burn up, To burn down, to burn entirely.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Burn \Burn\, n.
1. A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or
intense heat.
[1913 Webster]

2. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in
brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.
[1913 Webster]

3. A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Burn \Burn\, v. i.
1. To be of fire; to flame. "The mount burned with fire."
--Deut. ix. 15.
[1913 Webster]

2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.
[1913 Webster]

Your meat doth burn, quoth I. --Shak.
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3. To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or
emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or
rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively
emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with
fever.
[1913 Webster]

Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked
with us by the way? --Luke xxiv.
32.
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The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Burned on the water. --Shak.
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Burning with high hope. --Byron.
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The groan still deepens, and the combat burns.
--Pope.
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The parching air
Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire.
--Milton.
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4. (Chem.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat;
as, copper burns in chlorine.
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5. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object
which is sought. [Colloq.]
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To burn up, To burn down, to be entirely consumed.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Burn \Burn\, n. [See 1st Bourn.]
A small stream. [Scot.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet burn
n 1: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burning]
2: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn]
3: an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or
radiation
4: a burned place or area [syn: burn mark]
5: damage inflicted by burning
v 1: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
[syn: fire, burn down]
2: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in
the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: glow]
3: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: combust]
4: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun
burned his face" [syn: bite, sting]
5: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We
combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: combust]
6: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was
burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new
skies"
7: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns
only Diesel oil" [syn: incinerate]
8: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
9: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
10: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
11: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric
current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the
wart" [syn: cauterize, cauterise]
12: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: sunburn]
13: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn:
cut]
14: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous
exercise" [syn: burn off, burn up]
15: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole
in my dress"
[also: burnt]
Moby Dictionary
Earth insertion , LEM , LM , abrade , abrasion , adolescent stream ,
afflict , agonize , ail , air-dry , altitude peak , anhydrate , apogee ,
arroyo , assault , attack , attitude-control rocket ,
automatic control , bake , ballistic capsule , bank , barbarize , bark ,
batter , be bright , be in heat , be livid , be pissed , be warm ,
beacon , beam , beat , beat down , beck , bedazzle , beguile of , behead ,
bilk , bite , blacken , blast-off , blaze , blaze up , blemish , blind ,
blister , bloody , bloom , blot , blow down , blow up , bluster , boil ,
boil over , bourn , bowstring , braided stream , branch , brand , break ,
break down , bring down , bristle , broil , bronze , brook , brooklet ,
brown , browned off , brush , brutalize , bulldoze , bunco , burn down ,
burn in , burn off , burning , burning pain , burnout ,
burst into flame , butcher , capsule , carry on , cast , cast down ,
catch , catch fire , catch on fire , cauterize , ceiling , chafe ,
channel , char , cheat , check , chip , chisel , choke , chop down ,
chouse , chouse out of , claw , coal , cog , cog the dice , combust , con ,
concussion , conflagrate , consume , convulse , cook , cozen , crack ,
crackle , craze , creek , cremate , crib , crick , crucify , cupel , cure ,
cut , cut down , daze , dazzle , decapitate , decollate ,
deep-space ship , defenestrate , defraud , dehumidify , dehydrate ,
descent , desiccate , desire , destroy , diddle , diffuse light ,
distress , do in , do out of , docking , docking maneuver , drain , dry ,
electrocute , embrown , end of burning , enkindle , euchre , evaporate ,
excruciate , execute , exsiccate , fan the flame , feed , feed the fire ,
fell , ferry rocket , fester , finagle , fire , flam , flame , flame up ,
flare , flare up , flash , flash burn , flatten , fleece , flicker ,
flight , flimflam , flowing stream , flush , fluviation , fob , found ,
fracture , fray , frazzle , fresh , freshet , fret , fritter away , fry ,
fudge , fuel ship , fulgurate , fume , gall , garrote , gash , gasp ,
get wind of , gill , give light , give pain , glance , glare , gleam ,
glint , glow , gnaw , go on , gouge , gripe , guillotine , gull , gyp ,
hammer , harrow , have , have a conniption , hocus , hocus-pocus , hurt ,
ignite , ignition , impact , incandesce , incinerate , incise , incision ,
inflame , inflict capital punishment , inflict pain , infuscate ,
injection , injure , injury , insertion , insolate , irritate , itch ,
kill , kill by inches , kiln , kindle , knock down , knock over ,
lacerate , laceration , lapidate , launch , lay waste , lazy stream ,
lesion , level , lift-off , light , light up , long , loot ,
lunar excursion module , lunar module , luster , maim ,
make mincemeat of , manned rocket , martyr , martyrize , mat burn ,
maul , meandering stream , melt , midchannel , midstream , millstream ,
module , moon ship , mortal wound , moving road , mow down , mug , mulct ,
multistage rocket , mummify , mutilate , mutilation , navigable river ,
nip , nose out , orbit , overreach , oxidate , oxidize , pack the deal ,
pain , pant , parch , parking orbit , perigee , pierce , pigeon , pillage ,
pinch , pissed off , practice fraud upon , prick , prolong the agony ,
prostrate , pull down , puncture , put to death , put to torture ,
pyrolyze , race , racing stream , rack , radiate , radiate heat , rage ,
raise Cain , raise hell , raise the devil , raise the roof , ramp ,
rampage , rankle , rant , rant and rave , rape , rase , rasp , rave , raze ,
ream , reduce to ashes , reentry , rekindle , relight , relume , rend ,
rent , riot , rip , river , rivulet , roar , roast , rocket ,
rocket launching , rook , rub , ruin , run , rundle , runlet , runnel ,
rupture , rust , sack , savage , scald , scam , scent , scorch , scotch ,
scrape , scratch , screw , scuff , sear , second-degree burn , seethe ,
sell gold bricks , send out rays , set fire to , set on fire , shave ,
shimmer with heat , shine , shine brightly , shoot , shoot out rays ,
shortchange , shot , shrivel , shuttle rocket , sike , simmer , singe ,
sizzle , skin , slash , slaughter , slit , smart , smarting , smash ,
smell , smell out , smoke , smolder , smother , smoulder , sniff ,
sniff out , soak up , soft landing , solder , sore , sow chaos ,
space capsule , space docking , space rocket , spacecraft , spaceship ,
spark , spill stream , sponge , sprain , sputter , squander , stab ,
stab wound , stack the cards , steam , steamroller , stew , stick ,
stifle , sting , stinging , stir the fire , stoke , stoke the fire ,
stone , storm , strain , strangle , stream , stream action , streamlet ,
strike a light , subterranean river , suffocate , sun , sun-dry ,
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