BURN
/bɜːn/
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Scrabble
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WWF
B(3) U(1) R(1) N(1)
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Definition
/bɜːn/
noun
- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.“She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.”
- A sensation resembling such an injury.“chili burn from eating hot peppers”
- The act of burning something with fire.“They're doing a controlled burn of the fields.”
verb
- To cause to be consumed by fire.“He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.”
- To be consumed by fire, or in flames.“He watched the house burn.”
- To overheat so as to make unusable.“He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.”
Source: Wiktionary
