noun🔗ShareBrûlureA physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals."She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire."Elle avait des brûlures au second degré après être tombée dans le feu de joie.medicinebodyconditionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBrûlureA sensation resembling such an injury."chili burn from eating hot peppers"La brûlure causée par la consommation de piments forts.sensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBrûlure, combustionThe act of burning something with fire."The campfire's burn was enjoyable, warming us all on the chilly evening. "La combustion du feu de camp était agréable, nous réchauffant tous en cette soirée fraîche.energydisasteractionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHonte, brûlure moraleAn intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult."The teacher's harsh criticism left a burning shame in the student's heart. "Les critiques acerbes du professeur ont laissé une brûlure morale dans le cœur de l'élève.mindsensationemotionsufferingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBrûlure, insulte cinglanteAn effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult)."That was a sick burn about my presentation; everyone laughed. "C'était une sacrée brûlure à propos de ma présentation ; tout le monde a ri.languagecommunicationentertainmentstylewordessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBrûlure musculairePhysical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid."One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!"Un et, deux et, continuez à bouger ; sentez la brûlure musculaire !physiologysensationsportbodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTabacTobacco."My grandfather used to enjoy a strong after-dinner burn. "Mon grand-père aimait bien un bon tabac après le dîner.substancematerialessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareL'écriture, la gravureThe writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip."The computer technician performed the burn of the student's project onto a DVD. "Le technicien informatique a effectué l'écriture du projet de l'étudiant sur un DVD.computingtechnologyelectronicsmediamachineessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCuisson, brûlureThe operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking."They have a good burn."Ils ont une bonne cuisson.processindustryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBrûlure, brûléA disease in vegetables; brand."The tomato plant had a burn, a brownish spot, and was no longer healthy enough to produce good fruit. "Le plant de tomates avait une brûlure, une tache brunâtre, et n'était plus assez sain pour produire de bons fruits.vegetablediseaseagricultureplantessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûlerTo cause to be consumed by fire."He burned his manuscript in the fireplace."Il a brûlé son manuscrit dans la cheminée.energyactiondisasterprocesschemistryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûlerTo be consumed by fire, or in flames."He watched the house burn."Il a regardé la maison brûler.energydisasteractionenvironmentchemistryphysicsfuelessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûler, consumerTo overheat so as to make unusable."He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel."Il a brûlé le pain grillé. Le forgeron a brûlé l'acier.energydisastertechnologyactionmachineessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûler, consumerTo become overheated to the point of being unusable."The grill was too hot and the steak burned."Le grill était trop chaud et le steak a brûlé.technologyutilitymachineenergyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûlerTo make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat."to burn a hole; to burn letters into a block"Brûler un trou ; brûler des lettres dans un blocenergyphysicschemistryactionprocessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûler, brûlererTo injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage."She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years."Elle a brûlé l'enfant avec un fer à repasser et a été emprisonnée pendant dix ans.bodymedicinephysiologysensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûler, cautériserTo cauterize."The doctor burned the small wound to prevent infection. "Le médecin a cautérisé la petite plaie pour prévenir l'infection.medicinebodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûler au soleilTo sunburn."She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned."Elle a oublié de mettre de la crème solaire et a brûlé au soleil.bodymedicineappearanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûler, consumer, incendierTo consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does."to burn the mouth with pepper"Se brûler la bouche avec du poivre.energyconditionactiondisasteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRougir, brûler de honteTo be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment."My cheeks burned when I told my teacher I forgot my homework. "Mes joues ont brûlé quand j'ai dit à mon professeur que j'avais oublié mes devoirs.emotionsensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûler, consumerTo cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize."A human being burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration. to burn iron in oxygen"Un être humain brûle une certaine quantité de carbone à chaque respiration.chemistryphysicsenergyprocessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûlerTo combine energetically, with evolution of heat."Copper burns in chlorine."Le cuivre brûle dans le chlore.energychemistryphysicsprocessfuelessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareGraver des données sur un support de stockage permanentTo write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip."We’ll burn this program onto an EEPROM one hour before the demo begins."Nous allons graver ce programme sur une EEPROM une heure avant le début de la démo.technologyelectronicscomputingmediadeviceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTrahirTo betray."The informant burned him."L'informateur l'a trahi.charactermoralattitudeactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInsulter, humilierTo insult or defeat."I just burned you again."Je viens de t'humilier à nouveau.communicationactionlanguageentertainmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareGaspiller, dilapiderTo waste (time); to waste money or other resources."The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year."L'entreprise a gaspillé plus d'un million de dollars par mois cette année.economybusinessfinancevaluetimeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareS'approcherIn certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought."The children were told to burn the treasure box in the backyard, to find the hidden toy. "On a dit aux enfants de s'approcher du coffre au trésor dans le jardin pour trouver le jouet caché.gameessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSe brûlerTo accidentally touch a moving stone."While playing in the park, the boy accidentally burned his hand on a moving stone. "En jouant dans le parc, le garçon s'est accidentellement brûlé la main sur une pierre en mouvement.actiongeologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûler, défausser une carteIn pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card."During the pontoon game, he burned his two low cards for a better pair. "Pendant la partie de pontoon, il a brûlé ses deux cartes basses pour obtenir une meilleure paire.gameessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareClaircirTo increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge)."To make the highlights in the photograph of my son's graduation lighter, I burned the areas around his face. "Pour éclaircir les hautes lumières sur la photo de la remise de diplôme de mon fils, j'ai éclairci les zones autour de son visage.artmediatechnicalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFusionner(of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star"The sun burns hydrogen into helium. "Le soleil fusionne l'hydrogène en hélium.astronomyphysicselementenergyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBrûler, consumerTo discard."My grandfather decided to burn the old, worn-out photographs. "Mon grand-père a décidé de brûler les vieilles photos usées.utilityactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbattre, descendreTo shoot someone with a firearm."The angry man burned the bully with a pistol. "L'homme en colère a abattu le tyran avec un pistolet.weaponmilitarypoliceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRuisseauA stream."The burn flows through the valley, providing water for the crops. "Le ruisseau traverse la vallée, fournissant de l'eau pour les cultures.geographynatureenvironmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
