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burns

/bɜːnz/ /bɝnz/

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noun

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 burns from the campfire needed to be extinguished before we left the campsite. "

energy action disaster

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

Examples :

"His harsh criticism left burns that stung far more than any physical pain. "

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

Examples :

""After Sarah called Mark's messy desk a 'science experiment gone wrong,' everyone agreed it was a sick burn." "

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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 grandfather always kept a pouch of loose-leaf burns for rolling his own cigarettes. "

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

Examples :

"The new software updates required successful burns to the ROM chips before the computers could be deployed. "

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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 farmer lost half his tomato crop to burns, a fungal disease that disfigured the fruit. "

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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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verb

Examples :

"The doctor burns the wound 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 the teacher called on him, his face burns with embarrassment because he didn't know the answer. "

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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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verb

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 :

""You're getting warmer... you're burning!" she said as I neared the hidden toy. "

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To accidentally touch a moving stone.

Examples :

"While playing in the rock garden, the child burns his hand on a rolling stone. "

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

Examples :

"In the game of pontoon, the player burns a bad hand by swapping two of their cards, hoping for a better chance to reach 21. "

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

Examples :

"The photographer burns the edges of the portrait to make the subject's face appear brighter and more prominent. "

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

Examples :

"Inside the sun, hydrogen "burns" into helium, releasing vast amounts of energy. "

astronomy physics element energy fuel

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verb

Examples :

"He burns all his old homework at the end of the school year. "

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To shoot someone with a firearm.

Examples :

"The gangster burns his rival as retribution for selling him out. "

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noun

Examples :

"The small town was nestled in a valley between two burns, providing a constant source of fresh water. "

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