burn

noun

A river or stream.

burn

verb transitive

[L. pruna, and perhaps, furnus, fornaz, a furnace. The primary sense is, to rage, to act with violent excitement.]

pret. and pp. burned or burnt.

burn

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; frequently with up; as, to burn up wood.

burn

To expel the volatile parts and reduce to charcoal by fire; as, to burn wood into coal. Hence, in popular language, to burn a kiln of wood, is to char the wood.

burn

To cleanse of soot by burning; to inflame; as, to burn a chimney; an extensive use of the word.

burn

To harden in the fire; to bake or harden by heat; as, to burn bricks or a brick kiln.

burn

To scorch; to affect by heat; as, to burn the clothes or the legs by the fire; to burn meat or bread in cookery.

burn

To injure by fire; to affect the flesh by heat.

burn

To dry up or dissipate; with up; as, to burn up tears.

burn

To dry excessively; to cause to wither by heat; as, the sun burns the grass or plants.

burn

To heat or inflame; to affect with excessive stimulus; as, ardent spirits burn the stomach.

burn

To affect with heat in cookery, so as to give the food a disagreeable taste. Hence the phrase burnt to.

burn

To calcine with heat or fire; to expel the volatile matter from substances, so that they are easily pulverized; as, to burn oyster shells, or lime-stone.

burn

To affect with excess of heat: as, the fever burns a patient.

burn

To subject to the action of fire; to heat or dry; as, to burn colors. To burn up, to consume entirely by fire. To burn out, to burn till the fuel is all consumed.

burn

verb intransitive

To be on fire; to flame; as, the mount burned with fire.

burn

To shine; to sparkle. O prince! O wherefore burn your eyes?

burn

To be inflamed with passion or desire; as, to burn with anger or love.

burn

To act with destructive violence, as fire. Shall thy wrath burn like fire?

burn

To be in commotion; to rage with destructive violence. The groan still deepens and the combat burns.