burn out

1. (transitive)To destroy by fire.

2. (intransitive)To become extinguished due to lack of fuel.

   The candle finally burned out.

   выгора́тьvygorátʹ, вы́горетьvýgoretʹ, сгора́тьsgorátʹ

3. (intransitive)To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).

4. (intransitive)To tire due to overwork; to overwork to one's limit.

   After six months of twelve-hour workdays, most people just burn out and quit.

   выдыха́тьсяvydyxátʹsja, вы́дохнутьсяvýdoxnutʹsja

5. (transitive)To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.

6. (intransitive, slang, uncommon)To end one's shift at a job.

   I start my shift at three in the afternoon, and get to burn out at midnight.

7. (intransitive)To have one's tires skid against the ground; to peel off, peel out.

8. (idiomatic)To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year.

   The repairs on this nuclear reactor have burned out every welder in the province.

9. (intransitive)To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.

10. (intransitive)To be destroyed by fire.

    An abandoned tank was burning out at the edge of the battlefield.

1. Don't let the fire burn out.

   deLass das Feuer nicht ausgehen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. The hall light is burned out.

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3. I'm pretty burned out right now.

   deIch bin gerade total ausgelaugt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. There were some burned-out structures along the road.

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5. The fire has burned out.

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irregular · Lesson

• burn upдістати, отримуватиTo catch fire and burn until destroyed.
• burn offпалити, записатиTo dissipate as the result of heat.
• burn outдути, дмухатиTo destroy by fire.
• burn downпалити, записатиTo cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
• burn inTo eat into, as fire.
• burn awayTo remove or be removed by burning.
• burn throughTo use up in a hasty or destructive manner.