Meaning

40 senses
  1. (intransitive)To be consumed by fire or in flames.

    He watched the house burn.

    The wood will not burn well because it is wet.

    destroy by fire

  2. To be consumed by fire or in flames.

    (intransitive)To contain a fire or coals.

    The wood stove was burning, giving off plenty of heat.

    The campfire died down, but it's still burning enough to feel some warmth through the night.

  3. (intransitive)To become overheated to the point of being unusable; to become scorched.

    The grill was too hot and the steak burned.

    перегрева́тьсяperegrevátʹsja, перегре́тьсяperegrétʹsja

  4. (intransitive)To be executed by an electric chair.

    In this state, he could burn for his crimes.

  5. (intransitive)To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.

    The child’s forehead was burning with fever. Her cheeks burned with shame.

    горе́тьgorétʹ, пыла́тьpylátʹ

    feel hot or painful

  6. (figuratively, intransitive)To approach near to a concealed object which is sought, especially in certain games; to be so near as to be figuratively burnt by a hidden target.

    You’re cold… warm… hot… you’re burning!

  7. (US, figuratively, intransitive)To desire or ache for (something); to be intense, as a desire.

    I burn for her touch.

    He tried to get over it, but he burned for revenge against those who wronged him.

  8. (intransitive)To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star; to undergo nuclear fusion or nuclear fission.

  9. (ambitransitive)To warm (something); to put off intense heat; to be hot.

    The heat from the open oven burned the air around me.

    The sun's rays burned hot today.

  10. To warm (something); to put off intense heat; to be hot.

    (ambitransitive, figuratively)To give off light; to be lit up; to shine so bright as to seem to harm (something).

    That bulb has been burning for years.

    The spotlight burned my eyes.

  11. (ambitransitive)To sunburn.

    She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned.

    The harsh summer sun burned his skin.

    get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

  12. (ambitransitive, figuratively)To irritate; to be or become angry or upset.

    After you said that, she was burning all afternoon.

    Your comments got him burning.

Examples

1312 sentences
  1. You can't burn anything without oxygen.

    Без кисню не можна нічого запалити.

    ruБез кислорода ничего не горит.

    deOhne Sauerstoff kannst du nichts verbrennen.

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  2. I burned my hand with an iron.

    Я обпік руку праскою.

    ruЯ обжёг руку утюгом.

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  3. I burned all the letters that you wrote me.

    Я спалив всі листи, які ти мені написав.

    ruЯ сожгла все письма, которые ты мне писал.

    deIch habe alle Briefe verbrannt, die du mir geschrieben hast.

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  4. I burned all the letters that Tom sent me.

    Я спалила всі листи, які написав мені Том.

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  5. Tom burned all the letters he got from Mary.

    Том спалив усі листи, що він отримав від Мері.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to cause to be consumed by fire:
to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate:
computing: to write data:
Русский
By meaning 5
to cause to be consumed by fire:
to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate:
to injure with heat or chemicals:
computing: to write data:
to become overheated:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to cause to be consumed by fire:
to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate:

Origin

From late Middle English burne, birne, metathetic form of brinne, brynne, a variant of bre

From late Middle English burne, birne, metathetic form of brinne, brynne, a variant of brennen, from Old Norse brinna, brenna (“to burn”), from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-, present stem from *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil”). Doublet of brew.

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Forms

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

regular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsburned

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill burn

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

49 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

35 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • house burned down
  • burned all
  • burn all these
  • burned all the
  • had burned down
  • badly burned
  • house burned
  • house had burned
  • were burned down
  • to burn all
  • house was burned
  • burnt the toast

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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