Meaning

1 senses

  1. To light a fire for this reason.

Origin

From back + burn.

From back + burn.

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Forms

backburns, backburning, backburned, backburned
Base formbackburn · to backburn
3rd person singularbackburns
Present participlebackburning
Past simplebackburned / backburnt
Past participlebackburned / backburnt

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybackburn
he, she, itbackburns

Past simpleLesson

all personsbackburned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave backburned
he, she, ithas backburned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill backburn

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backB1backacheB1backbonebackcountrybackdropbacker

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