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- [burn]
- /bɜrn/
- /bɜːn/
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- [burn]
- /bɜrn/
Definitions of burn word
- verb burn If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there. 3
- verb burn If something is burning, it is on fire. 3
- verb burn If you burn something, you destroy or damage it with fire. 3
- verb burn If you burn a fuel or if it burns, it is used to produce heat, light, or energy. 3
- verb burn If you burn something that you are cooking or if it burns, you spoil it by using too much heat or cooking it for too long. 3
- verb burn If you burn part of your body, burn yourself, or are burnt, you are injured by fire or by something very hot. 3
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Origin of burn
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English bernen, brennen, Old English beornan (intransitive), (cognate with Gothic, Old High German brinnan), and Old English bærnan (transitive), (cognate with Gothic brannjan, Old High German brennen)
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Parts of speech for Burn
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
burn popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
burn usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for burn
verb burn
- ignite — to set on fire; kindle.
- incinerate — to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- torch — a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- melt — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
Antonyms for burn
verb burn
- smother — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- wet — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
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