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ENGLISH: burn - CREOLE: boule

Overview of noun burn

The noun burn has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) burn, burning -- (pain that feels hot as if it were on fire)

2. (1) tan, suntan, sunburn, burn -- (a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun)

3. burn -- (an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation)

4. burn, burn mark -- (a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body))

5. burn -- (damage inflicted by fire)

Overview of verb burn

The verb burn has 15 senses (first 12 from tagged texts)

1. (11) burn, fire, burn down -- (destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries")

2. (10) burn, glow -- (shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning")

3. (10) burn, combust -- (undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well")

4. (5) bite, sting, burn -- (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face")

5. (2) burn, combust -- (cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels")

6. (2) burn -- (feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies")

7. (2) burn, incinerate -- (cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil")

8. (1) burn -- (burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem")

9. (1) burn -- (spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn")

10. (1) burn -- (feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning")

11. (1) cauterize, cauterise, burn -- (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart")

12. (1) sunburn, burn -- (get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun)

13. cut, burn -- (create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD")

14. burn off, burn, burn up -- (use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise")

15. burn -- (burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress")