BURN


Meaning of BURN in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ horrific ( esp. BrE ), nasty , serious , severe , terrible

▪ minor , slight , superficial

▪ first-degree , second-degree , etc.

▪ chemical , cigarette

VERB + BURN

▪ get , suffer

▪ cause

▪ die from

▪ treat , treat sb for

BURN + NOUN

▪ mark

▪ wound

▪ injury

▪ ~ victim ( esp. AmE ), ~s victim ( BrE )

▪ ~ center ( AmE ), ~s centre ( BrE )

PHRASES

▪ 20%, 50%, etc. ~s

He was treated in the hospital for 60% ~s.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ on

a slight ~ on the back of her hand

II.

verb

1 damage/injure by fire/heat

ADVERB

▪ badly , seriously , severely

▪ completely

The car was found abandoned in the woods, completely ~ed out.

▪ partially

▪ easily

fair skin that ~s easily

▪ down , out

The factory ~ed down last year.

PHRASES

▪ be ~ed alive

▪ be ~ed at the stake

Joan of Arc was ~ed at the stake.

▪ be ~ed to ashes , be ~ed to a cinder , be ~ed to a crisp

The tower was struck by lightning and was ~ed to a cinder.

▪ be ~ed to death , ~ to death

Several people were ~ed to death.

▪ be ~ed to the ground

The building was ~ed to the ground.

2 be on fire

ADVERB

▪ fiercely

The fire was still ~ing fiercely.

▪ steadily

▪ slowly

Fresh leaves will ~ slowly with billows of smoke.

PHRASES

▪ ~ out of control

3 produce light

ADVERB

▪ brightly

Their torches ~ed brightly in the dark.

4 be filled with strong feeling

ADVERB

▪ fiercely

Her eyes ~ed fiercely.

▪ slowly

She could sense the anger ~ing slowly inside him.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

He was ~ing with indignation.

Burn is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ acid , ↑ ambition , ↑ bonfire , ↑ candle , ↑ cheek , ↑ chest , ↑ cigar , ↑ cigarette , ↑ coal , ↑ eye , ↑ face , ↑ fire , ↑ flame , ↑ flare , ↑ furnace , ↑ fury , ↑ incense , ↑ lamp , ↑ lantern , ↑ log , ↑ lung , ↑ mob , ↑ muscle , ↑ petrol , ↑ rage , ↑ skin , ↑ sun , ↑ tear , ↑ throat , ↑ torch , ↑ wood

Burn is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ calorie , ↑ carbohydrate , ↑ CD , ↑ CD-ROM , ↑ charcoal , ↑ coal , ↑ coke , ↑ disc , ↑ disk , ↑ DVD , ↑ fat , ↑ file , ↑ flag , ↑ fuel , ↑ hole , ↑ incense , ↑ lung , ↑ mouth , ↑ music , ↑ oil , ↑ remains , ↑ skin , ↑ throat , ↑ toast , ↑ waste , ↑ wood

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .