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- [burn uhp]
- /bɜrn ʌp/
- /bɜːn ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [burn uhp]
- /bɜrn ʌp/
Definitions of burn up words
- phrasal verb burn up If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat. 3
- phrasal verb burn up If something burns up fuel or energy, it uses it. 3
- noun burn up a period of fast driving 3
- noun burn up to burn completely 3
- noun burn up to make or become angry 3
- verb without object burn up to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate. 1
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Origin of burn up
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 up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
burn up 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".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for burn up
verb burn up
- work up — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- perturb — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- alarm — Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
Antonyms for burn up
verb burn up
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
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