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Meaning ofburnin English

burn

uk//bɜːn//

Pluralburns
Past Tenseburned
Past Participleburned
Participle Verbburning
Third Person Singularburns

Definitions

Verb
1. to be consumed by flames; destroyed
  The fire will burn the entire house.
2. to cause something to be on fire; damage
  She burn the letter in the fireplace.
3. to damage or alter with heat; change condition
  The factory will burn the toxic waste in the incinerator.
4. to damage or alter with heat; like fire
  High temperature can burn the skin.
5. to injure with heat or chemicals
  The acid will burn a hole in the metal.
6. to overheat something; make unusable
  The engine will burn if it overheats.
7. to become excessively hot; unusable
  Leaving the car in the sun can burn the interior.
8. to apply fire or heat to something; transform
  The chemist will burn the waste materials in the lab.
9. to cause sun damage; discolor skin
  Prolonged exposure to the sun can burn your skin.
10. to cauterize (tissue, wounds);; medical context
  The doctor will burn the infected tissue to prevent infection.
11. to combine with oxygen; release heat
  The combustion engine will burn fuel to generate power.
12. to record data on a medium; write permanently
  The software will burn the music files onto the CD.
13. to lighten areas of a print; adjust exposure
  The photographer learned to burn the image to achieve the desired effect.
Noun
1. injury from heat or cold
  The athlete suffered a burn on her hand during the game.
2. act of destroying with fire; using flames
  The arsonist was convicted of burn and vandalism.
3. writing data to a storage medium (e.g. disc)
  The computer program allows users to burn music files onto a CD.

Compounds / Phrases

burnup burn up preburn sideburn sunburn burnouts burn the midnight oil overburn postburn windburn burn down