A burned place or area: a cigarette burn in the tablecloth.
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A sensation of intense heat or stinging pain: a chili burn on the tongue; the burn of alcohol on an open wound.
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A sunburn or windburn.
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A swindle.
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Aerospace A firing of a rocket.
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verb-transitive
Physics To cause to undergo nuclear fission or fusion.
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Sports To outplay or score on (an opponent), especially through quick or deceptive movement.
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To brand (an animal).
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To cause to undergo combustion.
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To consume (fuel or energy, for example): burned all the wood that winter.
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verb-intransitive
Physics To undergo nuclear fission or fusion.
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To admit of burning: Wood burns easily.
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To be consumed with strong emotion, especially:.
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To be destroyed, injured, damaged, or changed by or as if by fire: a house that burned to the ground; eggs that burned and stuck to the pan.
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To be electrocuted.
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verb
To consume fuel and give off heat, light, and gases.
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To undergo combustion.
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To undergo nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.
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To contain a fire.
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To give off light.
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phrasal-verb
Burn in To darken part of (a photograph print) by exposing unmasked areas.
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Burn out To cause (a property owner or a resident) to have to evacuate the premises because of fire: The shopkeeper was burned out by arsonists.
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Burn out To make or become exhausted, especially as a result of long-term stress: "Hours are long, stress is high, and many recruits drop out or burn out” ( Robert J. Samuelson).
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Burn out To stop burning from lack of fuel.
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Burn out To wear out or make or become inoperative as a result of heat or friction: The short circuit burned out the fuse.
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