burn

1. (countable, uncountable)A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

   She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.

   He burnt his hand with acid.

   an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

2. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

   (countable, uncountable)A mark left behind by a burn; a scorch or scar caused by a burn.

   Cut the cigarette burn out from the fabric.

   the burn scar on his face

3. (countable, uncountable)An abrasion resembling a burn.

   carpet burn, rope burn, rug burn, turf burn

4. (uncountable)A disease in vegetables, which causes discoloration that looks like a burn.

5. (countable, uncountable)A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin.

   I dread the burn of the disinfectant where it enters an open wound.

   The burn in my eyes was caused by that bright light.

6. A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin.

   (countable, uncountable)A physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by a build-up of lactic acid.

   One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn in your thighs!

7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Anger, especially slowly mounting in intensity.

   a slow burn

   The burn of anger remained in him.

8. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.

9. An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.

   (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)An effective insult, especially a clever or funny one.

   sick burn

10. (countable, uncountable)The act or action of burning something with fire, or by analogous means; the quality or nature of an act of burning.

    They’re doing a monitored burn of the fields.

    We went to the burn site to examine the evidence.

11. The act or action of burning something with fire, or by analogous means; the quality or nature of an act of burning.

    (countable, uncountable)The act of using a controlled burn to reduce wildfire risk through use of low-intensity fires to eliminate fuel; a prescribed burn.

    The burn will reduce the risk of a forest fire in the fall.

12. (countable, uncountable)The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.

    They have a good burn.

1. You can't burn anything without oxygen.

   Без кисню не можна нічого запалити. — deniko

   ruБез кислорода ничего не горит. — sharptoothed

   deOhne Sauerstoff kannst du nichts verbrennen. — cost

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2. I burned my hand with an iron.

   Я обпік руку праскою. — lingvokrolik

   ruЯ обжёг руку утюгом. — al_ex_an_der

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

   Я спалив всі листи, які ти мені написав. — deniko

   ruЯ сожгла все письма, которые ты мне писал. — marafon

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

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

   Я спалила всі листи, які написав мені Том. — deniko

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

   Том спалив усі листи, що він отримав від Мері. — deniko

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