burn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: burn	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for burn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burn n pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn, burning] a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun Synonym(s): tan, suntan, sunburn, burn an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) Synonym(s): burn, burn mark damage inflicted by fire v destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" Synonym(s): burn, fire, burn down shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning" Synonym(s): burn, glow undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" Synonym(s): burn, combust cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" Synonym(s): bite, sting, burn cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" Synonym(s): burn, combust feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies" cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" Synonym(s): burn, incinerate burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem" spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn" feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning" burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" Synonym(s): cauterize, cauterise, burn get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun Synonym(s): sunburn, burn create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" Synonym(s): cut, burn use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" Synonym(s): burn off, burn, burn up burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burn \Burn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burned} ([?]) or {Burnt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Burning}.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v. i., AS. b[91]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[91]nde, Sw. br[84]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. [bd]We'll burn his body in the holy place.[b8] --Shak. 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. 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. 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. 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. This tyrant fever burns me up. --Shak. This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. --Dryden. When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire. --Ecclus. xliii. 20, 21. 6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. 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. {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}, to destroy or obliterate by burning. [bd]Must you with hot irons burn out mine eyes?[b8] --Shak. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burn \Burn\, n. 1. A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat. 2. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn. 3. A disease in vegetables. See {Brand}, n., 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burn \Burn\, n. [See 1st {Bourn}.] A small stream. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burn \Burn\, v. i. 1. To be of fire; to flame. [bd]The mount burned with fire.[b8] --Deut. ix. 15. 2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat. Your meat doth burn, quoth I. --Shak. 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. Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? --Luke xxiv. 32. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. --Shak. Burning with high hope. --Byron. The groan still deepens, and the combat burns. --Pope. The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. --Milton. 4. (Chem.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine. 5. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought. [Colloq.] {To burn out}, to burn till the fuel is exhausted. {To burn up}, {To burn down}, to be entirely consumed.