BURNING

/bɜːnɪŋ/
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Definition

/bɜːnɪŋ/
verb
  1. To cause to be consumed by fire.
    “He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.”
  2. To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
    “He watched the house burn.”
  3. To overheat so as to make unusable.
    “He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.”
noun
  1. The act by which something burns or is burned.
  2. A fire.
    “The burnings continued all day.”
adjective
  1. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
    “the burning sun”
  2. Feeling very hot.
    “burning skin”
  3. Feeling great passion.
    “her burning heart”

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