burning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: burning	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for burning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burning adj of immediate import; "burning issues of the day" n the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance" Synonym(s): burning, combustion pain that feels hot as if it were on fire Synonym(s): burn, burning a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light Synonym(s): combustion, burning execution by electricity Synonym(s): electrocution, burning execution by fire Synonym(s): burning, burning at the stake a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
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]:
Burning \Burn"ing\, a. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. 2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden. {Burning bush} (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burning \Burn"ing\, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. {Burning glass}, a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. {Burning house} (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. --Weale. {Burning mirror}, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.