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verb burn pronunciation in American English /bɜrn/
Word Forms
present tense
present participleburning
past tenseburned or burnt
past participleburned or burnt
  1. 1
    A fire was burning in the hearth.
    The flames seemed to burn even brighter.
    1. a.
      Homes were burning all over the village.
      The truck had been burning for some time.
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    2. b.
      [transitive] to damage or destroy something with fire
      Demonstrators burned flags outside the embassy.
      burn a hole in something: The cigarette burned a hole in her blouse.
      burn something to the ground (=completely destroy it by fire): The city of Tortona was burned to the ground.
    3. c.
  2. 2
    [intransitive/transitive] if food burns, or if you burn it, it gets spoiled by being cooked for too long or at too high a temperature
    Have you burned the toast again?
  3. 3
    The sand was so hot it burnt my feet.
    1. a.
      Wear a hat so you don’t burn your neck.
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  4. 4
    Sara left all the lights burning.
  5. 6
    Jets burn less fuel the higher they go.
    You’re not allowed to burn coal in this area.
  6. 7
    [transitive] to use fat or energy in your body
    To change your body shape you need to burn calories.
    fat-burning exercises
  7. 8
    [intransitive] informal if a vehicle burns somewhere, it goes there very fast
  8. 9
    burn with: I was burning with curiosity, but didn’t dare ask what happened.
    burn to do something: I was burning to know how he had gotten along in New York.
  9. 10
    The acid had burned a hole in my sweater.
  10. 11
    The antiseptic really burned when I rubbed it on.
    1. a.
      The whiskey burned his throat as it went down.
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    [transitive] computing if you burn a CD-ROM, you put information onto it




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red market

the buying and selling of human organs

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