burns

Noun

• United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
• celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)
• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
• a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
• an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
• a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
• damage inflicted by fire
• plural of burn

Verb

• destroy by fire
• shine intensely, as if with heat
• undergo combustion
  • "Maple wood burns well"
• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
• cause to burn or combust
• feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
• cause to undergo combustion
  • "The car burns only Diesel oil"
• burn at the stake
• spend (significant amounts of money)
• feel hot or painful
• burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
• get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
• create by duplicating data
• use up (energy)
• burn with heat, fire, or radiation
• third-person singular simple present indicative of burn

Synonyms

bite, burn, burn down, burn mark, burn off, burn up, burning, cauterise, cauterize, combust, cut, fire, George Burns, glow, incinerate, Nathan Birnbaum, Robert Burns, sting, sunburn, suntan, tan