Definitions For Burn

noun

• Damage inflicted by fire
• A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
• An injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
• A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
• To give off heat, light, and gases
• To contain a fire
• To be on fire : to have or produce a flame

verb

• Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
• Damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
• Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
• Undergo combustion
• Cause to undergo combustion
• Destroy by fire
• Use up (energy)
• Create by duplicating data
• Feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
• Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
• Feel hot or painful
• Spend (significant amounts of money)
• Execute by tying to a stake and setting alight
• Cause to burn or combust
• Shine intensely, as if with heat