Burn

/bɜːn/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
2. A sensation resembling such an injury.
3. The act of burning something with fire.
4. (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
5. (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
6. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
7. (uncountable, UK, chiefly prison slang) Tobacco.
8. (computing) The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.

Example Sentences

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

He burnt his hand in the fire.

chili burn from eating hot peppers

They’re doing a controlled burn of the fields.

One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn.

One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!

TOM: I’m serious bruv. Put my burn and lighter and all that in my jeans please and give them here, then press the cell bell.

“Any of you want to borrow some burn,” asked a scarred inmate known as Bull.

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• burns
• born
• burning
• burned
• burnt
• brent
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• glossary
• burn
• burnest
• burnedst
• burntest
• burneth
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