Definition
- (verb) To cause to be consumed by fire. “He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.”
- (verb) To be consumed by fire, or in flames. “He watched the house burn.”
- (verb) To overheat so as to make unusable. “He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.”
- (verb) To become overheated to the point of being unusable. “The grill was too hot and the steak burned.”
- (verb) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat. “to burn a hole; to burn letters into a block”
- (verb) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage. “She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years.”
- (verb) To cauterize.
- (verb) To sunburn. “She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned.”
- (verb) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does. “to burn the mouth with pepper”
- (verb) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment. “The child's forehead was burning with fever. Her cheeks burned with shame.”
- (verb) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize. “A human being burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration. to burn iron in oxygen”
- (verb) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat. “Copper burns in chlorine.”
Word stats
- Burning contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Burning mean?
To cause to be consumed by fire.
How many letters are in Burning?
Burning has 7 letters.
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