Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To waste time unnecessarily.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. People shoot burns all the time.

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  2. My cooking had almost burnt by the time I came to the kitchen.

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Forms

burns time, burning time, burned time, burned time
Base formburn time · to burn time
3rd person singularburns time
Present participleburning time
Past simpleburned time
Past participleburned time

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyburn time
he, she, itburns time

Past simpleLesson

all personsburned time

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave burned time
he, she, ithas burned time

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill burn time

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
burlesqueburnA2burnableburnerburningB1
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