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burnt

/ˈbɜːnt/ /ˈbɜɹnt/

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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."

body medicine physiology sensation

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Examples :

"The doctor burnt the small wart off my hand with a laser. "

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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 :

"She burnt with embarrassment when she realized she'd forgotten her lines for the school play. "

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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 detectives burnt the house to find the hidden clue. "

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To accidentally touch a moving stone.

Examples :

"While playing in the park, the child burnt his hand on a spinning 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 card game, the player burnt two pairs of cards and then drew a new set. "

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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 burnt the highlights in the family portrait to make the sky brighter. "

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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 star's core, hydrogen is constantly being burnt into helium, releasing tremendous energy. "

astronomy physics energy element

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verb

Examples :

"My brother burnt his old comic books, discarding them because he needed space in his room. "

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To shoot someone with a firearm.

Examples :

"The angry teenager burnt the bully with a pistol. "

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adjective

Damaged or injured by fire or heat.

Examples :

"The old wooden chair was burnt and unusable after the fire. "

condition appearance disaster

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adjective

(of food) Carbonised.

Examples :

"The toast was too burnt to eat."

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(of a person) Having a sunburn.

Examples :

"After playing outside all afternoon, Sarah was burnt and needed to put on sunscreen. "

appearance body condition

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(of a colour) Being darker than standard, especially browner.

Examples :

"The old photograph showed her hair as a burnt, dark brown. "

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