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born

/ˈbɔːn/ /ˈbɔɹn/

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To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.

Examples :

"The artist's new painting bore a striking resemblance to a famous landscape. "

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To support, sustain, or endure.

Examples :

"The strong community spirit was born out of shared hardship and mutual support. "

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To support, keep up, or maintain.

Examples :

"The government is trying to born the local economy by creating new jobs. "

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To press or impinge upon.

Examples :

"The heavy backpack was born down on her shoulders, making it hard to walk. "

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To produce, yield, give birth to.

Examples :

"The farmer's field was born of many years of careful work. "

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(originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).

Examples :

"The ship was born westward, following the prevailing winds. "

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To gain or win.

Examples :

"The team was born winners, having consistently outperformed their rivals. "

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Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

Examples :

"The child was born with a talent for music. "

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A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

Examples :

"She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire."

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A sensation resembling such an injury.

Examples :

"chili burn from eating hot peppers"

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The act of burning something with fire.

Examples :

"The campfire's intense heat caused a quick born of the dry leaves. "

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An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.

Examples :

"The teacher's harsh criticism left a sharp born of shame in Amelia's chest. "

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An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).

Examples :

"That sarcastic comment about my haircut was a real sick burn, a born insult. "

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Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.

Examples :

"One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!"

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noun

Examples :

"My grandmother used to grow her own tobacco. "

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The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.

Examples :

"The software engineer needed a new ROM chip, as the existing one had a corrupted born. "

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The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.

Examples :

"They have a good burn."

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A disease in vegetables; brand.

Examples :

"The tomato plants showed signs of the "mosaic born," a disease that affected their leaves. "

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To cause to be consumed by fire.

Examples :

"He burned his manuscript in the fireplace."

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To be consumed by fire, or in flames.

Examples :

"He watched the house burn."

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To overheat so as to make unusable.

Examples :

"He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel."

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To become overheated to the point of being unusable.

Examples :

"The grill was too hot and the steak burned."

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To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.

Examples :

"to burn a hole; to burn letters into a block"

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To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.

Examples :

"She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years."

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Examples :

"The doctor will born the infected tissue to stop the bleeding. "

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verb

Examples :

"She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned."

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To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.

Examples :

"to burn the mouth with pepper"

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To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.

Examples :

"When she heard the teacher call her name, she felt born with embarrassment. "

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To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

Examples :

"A human being burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration. to burn iron in oxygen"

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To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.

Examples :

"Copper burns in chlorine."

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To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.

Examples :

"We’ll burn this program onto an EEPROM one hour before the demo begins."

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Examples :

"The informant burned him."

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To insult or defeat.

Examples :

"I just burned you again."

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To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.

Examples :

"The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year."

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In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

Examples :

"The children were born near the hidden treasure during the scavenger hunt. "

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To accidentally touch a moving stone.

Examples :

"While playing in the park, the child accidentally born the rolling stone, causing it to hit a nearby flower. "

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In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.

Examples :

"During the pontoon game, the player born a pair of tens for a pair of kings. "

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To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).

Examples :

"To make the highlighted section of the school report card stand out, the teacher born the area around the good grades. "

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(of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star

Examples :

"In the heart of the star, hydrogen is born into helium through nuclear fusion. "

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Examples :

"She had to born the old textbooks because the new ones were required for the class. "

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To shoot someone with a firearm.

Examples :

"The security guard was born in the leg when the thief tried to run. "

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noun

Examples :

"The farmer walked along the born, checking his crops. "

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