BURN


Meaning of BURN in English

I. ||burn noun

Synonyms: creek 2, ||branch, brook, gill, race, ||rindle, rivulet, ||run, runnel, stream

II. burn verb

1.

Synonyms: shine 1, beam, gleam, radiate

2.

to undergo combustion

the wood is too green to burn

Synonyms: combust

Related Word: fire, flame, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light; consume, use; smolder, sputter

3.

to be hot as if on fire

sand burning in the blazing sun

Synonyms: bake, broil, cook, melt, roast, scorch, swelter

Related Word: parch, toast, warm; char

Contrasted words: chill, cool, freeze

4.

Synonyms: anger 2, blow up, boil, boil over, bristle, flare (up), fume, rage, seethe

5.

Synonyms: smart , bite, ||stang, sting

6.

Synonyms: fire 6, bake, kiln

|| 7.

Synonyms: cheat , beat, bilk, chisel, chouse, cozen, gyp, overreach, ream, take

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