Burn Meaning

There are 20 meaning(s) for word Burn

Meaning 1 : spend (significant amounts of money)

    Example : He has money to burn

Meaning 2 : feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion

    Example : She was burning with anger,He was burning to try out his new skies

Meaning 3 : feel hot or painful

    Example : My eyes are burning

Meaning 4 : execute by tying to a stake and setting alight

    Example : Witches were burned in Salem

Meaning 5 : damage inflicted by fire

Meaning 6 : damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation

    Example : The iron burnt a hole in my dress

Meaning 7 : an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

Meaning 8 : create by duplicating data

    Example : burn a CD

    Synonyms : cut
Meaning 9 : destroy by fire

    Example : They burned the house and his diaries

    Synonyms : burn down,  fire
Meaning 10 : a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)

    Synonyms : burn mark
Meaning 11 : burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

    Synonyms : cauterise,  cauterize
Meaning 12 : cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

    Example : The sun burned his face

    Synonyms : bite,  sting
Meaning 13 : cause to burn or combust

    Example : The sun burned off the fog

    Synonyms : combust
Meaning 14 : a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

    Synonyms : sunburn,  suntan,  tan
Meaning 15 : shine intensely, as if with heat

    Example : The candles were burning

    Synonyms : glow
Meaning 16 : cause to undergo combustion

    Example : burn garbage,The car burns only Diesel oil

    Synonyms : incinerate
Meaning 17 : get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

    Synonyms : sunburn
Meaning 18 : undergo combustion

    Example : Maple wood burns well

    Synonyms : combust
Meaning 19 : use up (energy)

    Example : burn off calories through vigorous exercise

    Synonyms : burn off,  burn up
Meaning 20 : pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

    Synonyms : burning

How to Pronounce Burn

  • bɜrn