burn
noun
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an injury caused by exposure to heat, chemicals, or radiation“There's a burn on my leg that has been hurting a lot.”
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pain that feels hot as if it were on fireburning
verb
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to get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun“I burned easily in the summer.”sunburn
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to burn with heat, fire, or radiation“The iron burnt a hole in my dress.”
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to burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent“I had a wart burned off my foot.”cauterizecauterise
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to undergo combustion“Maple wood burns well.”
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to destroy by fire“They burned the house and my diaries.”fireburn down
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to use up energy“You should burn off calories through vigorous exercise.”burn offburn up
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to create by duplicating data“I burned the mix cd with my laptop.”cut
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to feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion“The developer was burning with anger over the code changes.”
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to cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort“The sun burned their eyes.”bite
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to feel hot or painful“My eyes are burning.”
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to spend significant amounts of money“The billionaire clearly has money to burn, since we could see that the boat was made of pure gold.”
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to destroy by fire at the stake“Witches were burned in Salem.”
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shine intensely, as if with heat“The fire burned brightly all through the night.”glow