burn: betekenis en definities
EngelsTyp een woord
To cause to undergo combustion.
To destroy with fire: burned the trash; burn a house down.
To consume (fuel or energy, for example): burned all the wood that winter.
Physics To cause to undergo nuclear fission or fusion.
To damage or injure by fire, heat, radiation, electricity, or a caustic agent: burned the toast; burned my skin with the acid.
To execute or kill with fire: burning heretics at the stake.
To execute by electrocution.
To make or produce by fire or heat: burn a hole in the rug.
To dispel; dissipate: The sun burned off the fog.
To use as a fuel: a furnace that burns coal.
To metabolize (glucose, for example) in the body.
To impart a sensation of intense heat to: The chili burned my mouth.
To irritate or inflame, as by chafing or sunburn.
To let (oneself or a part of one's body) become sunburned.
To engrave or make indelible by as or as if by burning: The image of the accident was burned into my memory.
To harden or impart a finish to by subjecting to intense heat; fire: burn clay pots in a kiln.
To make angry: That remark really burns me.
To defeat in a contest, especially by a narrow margin.
Sports To outplay or score on (an opponent), especially through quick or deceptive movement.
To inflict harm or hardship on; hurt: "Huge loan losses have burned banks in recent years” ( Christian Science Monitor).
To swindle or deceive; cheat: We really got burned on the used car we bought.
To record data on (a compact disk, for example).
To admit of burning: Wood burns easily.