VERB | change | burn, fire, burn down | destroy by fire |
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weather | burn, glow | shine intensely, as if with heat | |
change | burn, combust | undergo combustion | |
perception | burn, bite, sting | cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | |
weather | burn, combust | cause to burn or combust | |
emotion | burn | feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion | |
change | burn, incinerate | cause to undergo combustion | |
social | burn | burn at the stake | |
possession | burn | spend (significant amounts of money) | |
perception | burn | feel hot or painful | |
change | burn, cauterize, cauterise | burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | |
body | burn, sunburn | get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun | |
creation | burn, cut | create by duplicating data | |
consumption | burn, burn off, burn up | use up (energy) | |
change | burn | burn with heat, fire, or radiation | |
NOUN | state | burn, burning | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire |
state | burn, tan, suntan, sunburn | a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun | |
state | burn | an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation | |
attribute | burn, burn mark | a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) | |
act | burn | damage inflicted by fire |
Sounds | ber'n | |
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Rhymes | adjourn ... yearn: 61 rhymes with ern... |
Meaning | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire. | |
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Synonym | burning | |
Broader | pain, hurting | A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
Spanish | ardor, quemazón | |
Catalan | ardor, cremor | |
Verbs | burn | cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort |
burn | feel hot or painful |
Meaning | A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun. | |
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Synonyms | tan, suntan, sunburn | |
Broader | hyperpigmentation | unusual darkening of the skin |
Spanish | bronceado, morenez, moreno, tostado | |
Catalan | bronzejat, cremada | |
Verbs | burn | get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun |
Meaning | An injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation. | |
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Narrower | electric burn | A burn caused by heat produced by an electric current |
first-degree burn | Burn causing redness of the skin surface | |
scald | A burn cause by hot liquid / liquid or steam | |
scorch, singe | A surface burn | |
second-degree burn | Burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis | |
third-degree burn | Burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis | |
Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma | Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
Spanish | quemada, quemadura | |
Catalan | cremada | |
Verbs | burn | burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent |
Meaning | A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body). | |
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Synonym | burn mark | |
Narrower | cigarette burn | A burn mark left by a smoldering cigarette |
Broader | blemish, defect, mar | A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) |
Spanish | quemadura | |
Catalan | cremada | |
Verbs | burn | cause to undergo combustion |
burn | destroy by fire | |
burn | burn with heat, fire, or radiation |
Meaning | damage inflicted by fire. | |
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Narrower | scald | The act of burning with steam or hot water |
Broader | damage, harm, hurt, scathe | The act of damaging something or someone |
Spanish | quemadura | |
Catalan | cremada | |
Verbs | burn | undergo combustion |
burn | cause to undergo combustion | |
burn | burn with heat, fire, or radiation |
Meaning | Destroy by fire. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | They burn the trees | |
Example | "They burned the house and his diaries" | |
Synonyms | fire, burn down | |
Entailed by | burn | Burn at the stake |
Narrower | backfire | Set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest / forest to prairie fire |
cremate | Reduce to ashes | |
scorch | Destroy completely by or as if by fire | |
torch | Burn maliciously, as by arson | |
Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
Similar to | burn, combust | Undergo combustion |
burn, incinerate | Cause to undergo combustion | |
Spanish | arder, incendiar, quemarse, quemar | |
Catalan | brusar, cremar-se, cremar, incendiar | |
Adjectives | burnable | capable of burning |
Nouns | burn | a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) |
Meaning | shine intensely, as if with heat. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Model | Lights burn on the horizon; The horizon is burning with lights | |
Example | "The candles were burning" | |
Synonym | glow | |
Narrower | gutter | Burn unsteadily, feebly, or low |
Broader | shine, beam | emit light |
Spanish | abrasar, achicharrar, brillar, incendiar, pegar fuerte, quemar | |
Catalan | abrasar, brillar, incendiar, picar, rostir, torrar |
Meaning | Undergo combustion. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Model | The wooden sticks burn; These fabrics burn easily | |
Example | "Maple wood burns well" | |
Synonym | combust | |
Caused by | burn, combust | Cause to burn or combust |
ignite, light | Cause to start burning | |
Narrower | blaze | Burn brightly and intensely |
burn down, burn up, go up | Burn completely | |
deflagrate | Burn with great heat and intense light | |
flame | Be in flames or aflame | |
flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up | Burn brightly | |
scorch, sear, singe | Become superficially burned | |
smolder, smoulder | Burn slowly and without a flame | |
Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
Similar to | burn, fire, burn down | Destroy by fire |
Spanish | arder, consumirse, incendiar, quemarse | |
Catalan | abrasar, consumir-se, cremar, incendiar | |
Adjectives | burnable | capable of burning |
Nouns | burn | damage inflicted by fire |
Meaning | Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The sun burned his face" | |
Synonyms | bite, sting | |
Narrower | nettle, urticate | sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation |
Broader | ache, smart, hurt | Be the source of pain |
Similar to | burn | Feel hot or painful |
Spanish | abrasar, incendiar, quemar | |
Catalan | abrusar-se, cremar-se, incendiar, mossegar-se, tallar-se | |
Nouns | burn | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire |
Meaning | Cause to burn or combust. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They burn the trees | |
Example | "The sun burned off the fog" | |
Synonym | combust | |
Cause to | burn, combust | Undergo combustion |
Narrower | char, coal | Burn to charcoal |
deflagrate | Cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity | |
ignite, light | Cause to start burning | |
set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire, set afire | Set fire to | |
Similar to | erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate | start to burn or burst into flames |
Spanish | abrasar, arder, incinerar, quemarse, quemar | |
Catalan | abrasar, abrusar, cremar-se, cremar, incinerar | |
Adjectives | burnable | capable of burning |
Meaning | Feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Examples |
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Broader | feel, experience | Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind |
Spanish | arder | |
Catalan | cremar |
Meaning | Cause to undergo combustion. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonym | incinerate | |
Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
Similar to | burn, fire, burn down | Destroy by fire |
incinerate | Become reduced to ashes | |
Spanish | arder, incendiar, incinerar, quemar | |
Catalan | cremar, incendiar, incinerar, recremar | |
Adjectives | burnable | capable of burning |
Nouns | burn | damage inflicted by fire |
burn | a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) | |
burner | an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse) |
Meaning | Burn at the stake. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "Witches were burned in Salem" | |
Entails | burn, fire, burn down | Destroy by fire |
Broader | execute, put to death | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment |
Spanish | abrasarse, incendiar | |
Catalan | abrusar-se, incendiar |
Meaning | spend (significant amounts of money). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "He has money to burn" | |
Broader | waste, blow, squander | spend thoughtlessly |
Meaning | Feel hot or painful. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "My eyes are burning" | |
Broader | ache, smart, hurt | Be the source of pain |
Similar to | bite, sting, burn | Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort |
Nouns | burn | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire |
Meaning | Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | cauterize, cauterise | |
Entails | sear, scorch | make very hot and dry |
Broader | burn | Burn with heat, fire, or radiation |
treat, care for | Provide treatment for | |
Spanish | cauterizar, foguear, incendiar | |
Catalan | cauteritzar, incendiar | |
Nouns | burn | an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation |
Meaning | Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonym | sunburn | |
Broader | discolor, discolour, colour, color | change color, often in an undesired manner |
Spanish | broncearse, incendiar, quemarse | |
Catalan | bronzejar-se, colrar-se, cremar-se, cremar, embrunir-se, incendiar | |
Nouns | burn | a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun |
Meaning | create by duplicating data. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "burn a CD" | |
Synonym | cut | |
Broader | produce, make, create | create or manufacture a man-made product |
Similar to | cut | record a performance on (a medium) |
Meaning | use up (energy). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" | |
Synonyms | burn off, burn up | |
Broader | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | use up (resources or materials) |
Spanish | agotar, consumir, incendiar, quemar | |
Catalan | cremar, incendiar |
Meaning | Burn with heat, fire, or radiation. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Example | "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" | |
Narrower | cauterize, cauterise, burn | Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent |
char, blacken, sear, scorch | Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color / color | |
scald | Burn with a hot liquid / liquid or steam | |
Broader | damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
Spanish | abrasarse, abrasar, incendiar, quemarse, quemar | |
Catalan | abrasar, cremar-se, cremar, incendiar, rostir-se, rostir | |
Adjectives | burnable | capable of burning |
Nouns | burn | damage inflicted by fire |
burn | a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) |
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