Meaning

6 senses
  1. So hot as to seem to burn (something).

    the burning sun

    brennend

    горя́щийgorjáščij

  2. Feeling very hot.

    burning skin

  3. Feeling great passion.

    her burning heart

  4. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.

    burning zeal

    a burning passion

  5. Being keenly discussed.

    a burning question; a burning issue

  6. On fire.

More definitions
  • of immediate import

Examples

428 sentences
  1. Tom pulled Mary out of the burning car.

    Том витягнув Мері з палаючої машини.

    ruТом вытащил Мэри из горящей машины.

    deTom zog Maria aus dem brennenden Auto.

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  2. Why are you burning these pictures?

    Навіщо ти палиш ці фотографії?

    ruЗачем ты сжигаешь эти фотографии?

    deWarum verbrennst du diese Bilder?

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  3. The house is burning.

    Будинок палає.

    ruДом горит.

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  4. Do you smell rubber burning?

    Відчуваєш сморід горілої гуми?

    ruТы чувствуешь запах палёной резины?

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  5. I have a burning pain here.

    ruУ меня жгучая боль в этом месте.

    deIch habe hier einen brennenden Schmerz.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
so hot as to seem to burn (something):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
so hot as to seem to burn (something):

Origin

By surface analysis, burn + -ing.

By surface analysis, burn + -ing.

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Forms

more burning, most burning
Comparativemore burning Lesson
Superlativemost burning Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the burning building
  • smell something burning
  • burning building
  • the burning house
  • of the burning
  • into the burning
  • burning house
  • something burning
  • from the burning
  • burning house to
  • the burning car
  • burning car

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
burning — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto