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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Burn \Burn\ (b[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burned} (b[^u]rnd)
     or {Burnt} (b[^u]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Burning}.] [OE.
     bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen,
     v. i., AS. b[ae]rnan, bernan, v. t., birnan, v. i.; akin to
     OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G.
     brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. br[ae]nde, Sw.


     br[aum]nna, brinna, Icel. brenna, Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in
     comp.), and possibly to E. fervent.]
     1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of
        heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn
        up wood. "We'll burn his body in the holy place." --Shak.
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     2. To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some
        property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or
        heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char;
        to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face
        in the sun; the sun burns the grass.
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     3. To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the
        action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to
        destroy or change some property or properties of, by
        exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a
        desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn
        clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to
        produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.
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     4. To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the
        application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn
        charcoal; to burn letters into a block.
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     5. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by
        action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does;
        as, to burn the mouth with pepper.
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              This tyrant fever burns me up.        --Shak.
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              This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. --Dryden.
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              When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth
              the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and
              consumeth the ??ass as fire.          --Ecclus.
                                                    xliii. 20, 21.
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     6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
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     7. (Chem.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active
        agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as,
        a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each
        respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.
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     {To burn}, {To burn together}, as two surfaces of metal
        (Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a
        quantity of the same metal in a liquid state.
  
     {To burn a bowl} (Game of Bowls), to displace it
        accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be
        burned.
  
     {To burn daylight}, to light candles before it is dark; to
        waste time; to perform superfluous actions. --Shak.
  
     {To burn one's fingers}, to get one's self into unexpected
        trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others,
        speculation, etc.
  
     {To burn out},
        (a) to destroy or obliterate by burning. "Must you with
            hot irons burn out mine eyes?" --Shak.
        (b) to force (people) to flee by burning their homes or
            places of business; as, the rioters burned out the
            Chinese businessmen.
  
     {To be burned out}, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of
        one's house, store, or shop, with the contents.
  
     {To burn up}, {To burn down}, to burn entirely.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Burnt \Burnt\, p. p. & a.
     Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with
     fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
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     {Burnt ear}, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain.
        See {Smut}.
  
     {Burnt offering}, something offered and burnt on an altar, as
        an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the
        Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a
        sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of
        wheat or barley. Called also {burnt sacrifice}. --[2 Sam.
        xxiv. 22.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  burn
       n 1: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: {burning}]
       2: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
          of the sun [syn: {tan}, {suntan}, {sunburn}]
       3: an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or
          radiation
       4: a burned place or area [syn: {burn mark}]
       5: damage inflicted by burning
       v 1: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
            [syn: {fire}, {burn down}]
       2: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in
          the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: {glow}]
       3: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: {combust}]
       4: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun
          burned his face" [syn: {bite}, {sting}]
       5: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We
          combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: {combust}]
       6: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was
          burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new
          skies"
       7: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns
          only Diesel oil" [syn: {incinerate}]
       8: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
       9: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
       10: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
       11: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric
           current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the
           wart" [syn: {cauterize}, {cauterise}]
       12: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: {sunburn}]
       13: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn:
           {cut}]
       14: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous
           exercise" [syn: {burn off}, {burn up}]
       15: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole
           in my dress"
       [also: {burnt}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  burnt
       adj 1: ruined by overcooking; "she served us underdone bacon and
              burnt buscuits" [syn: {burned}]
       2: having undergone oxidation; "burned powder" [syn: {burned}]
          [ant: {unburned}]
       3: treated by heating to a high temperature but below the
          melting or fusing point; "burnt sienna" [syn: {burned}]
       4: hardened by subjecting to intense heat; "baked bricks";
          "burned bricks" [syn: {baked}, {burned}]
       5: destroyed or badly damaged by fire; "a row of burned
          houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "barricaded the
          street with burnt-out cars" [syn: {burned}, {burned-out},
          {burnt-out}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  burnt
       See {burn}

















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