burn: betydning og definisjoner

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 brand (an animal).

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 undergo combustion.

To admit of burning: Wood burns easily.