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burns
We have found lemma(root) word of burns : burn.
Definitions
[bəːn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood
(e.g: a fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate)
- destroy, damage, or injure by heat or fire
(e.g: he burned all the letters)
- produce (a CD or DVD) by copying from an original or master copy
- drive or move very fast
(e.g: he burned past us like a maniac)
- insult (someone) in a particularly cutting way
(e.g: Mark burns him by saying he hasn't even heard of the guy's agency)
Phrases:
- be burned at the stake
- burn a hole in someone's pocket
- burn one's bridges
- burn the candle at both ends
- burn the midnight oil
- go for the burn
- have something to burn
- slow burn
Origin
:
Old English birnan ‘be on fire’ and bærnan ‘consume by fire’, both from the same Germanic base; related to German brennen
[bəːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an injury caused by exposure to heat or flame
(e.g: he was treated in hospital for burns to his hands)
- consumption of a type of fuel as an energy source
(e.g: natural gas produces the cleanest burn of the lot)
- an act of clearing of vegetation by burning
- a cigarette
Phrases:
- be burned at the stake
- burn a hole in someone's pocket
- burn one's bridges
- burn the candle at both ends
- burn the midnight oil
- go for the burn
- have something to burn
- slow burn
Origin
:
Old English birnan ‘be on fire’ and bærnan ‘consume by fire’, both from the same Germanic base; related to German brennen
[bəːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a small stream
(e.g: there is a burn running through the flower beds)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Old English burna, burn(e), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bron and German Brunnen ‘well’
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