burn
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- definition an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
- definition a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
- definition damage inflicted by fire
- definition destroy by fire
- definition shine intensely, as if with heat
- definition undergo combustion
- definition cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- definition cause to burn or combust
- definition feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
- definition cause to undergo combustion
- definition execute by tying to a stake and setting alight
- definition spend (significant amounts of money)
- definition feel hot or painful
- definition burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
- definition get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
- definition create by duplicating data
- definition use up (energy)
- definition damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation