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| Burn |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Burned (&?]) or Burnt ((?)); p. pr. ***
vb. n. Burning.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v.
t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v. i., AS.
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To
consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; --
frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
To injure by fire or heat; to change
destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or
heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to
burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun
burns the grass.
To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit
to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or
change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due
degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as,
to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as
to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.
To make or produce, as an effect or result, by
the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn
charcoal; to burn letters into a block.
To consume, injure, or change the condition of,
as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to
burn the mouth with pepper.
To apply a cautery to; to
cauterize.
To cause to combine with oxygen
or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as,
a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to
burn iron in oxygen.
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To be of
fire; to flame.
To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of
heat.
To have a condition, quality, appearance,
sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage
with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong
desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.
To combine energetically, with
evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.
In certain games, to approach near to a
concealed object which is sought.
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A hurt,
injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.
The operation or result of burning or baking, as
in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.
A disease in vegetables. See Brand,
n., 6.
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