burn : Idioms & Phrases


burn bag

  • noun a bag into which secret documents are placed before being burned
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burn center

  • noun a center where patients with severe burns can be treated
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burn down

  • verb burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
    burn down; go up.
    • The hut burned down
    • The mountain of paper went up in flames
  • verb destroy by fire
    fire; burn.
    • They burned the house and his diaries
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burn mark

  • noun a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
    burn.
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burn off

  • verb use up (energy)
    burn off; burn.
    • burn off calories through vigorous exercise
  • verb clear land of its vegetation by burning it off
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burn out

  • verb melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
    blow; blow out.
    • The lightbulbs blew out
    • The fuse blew
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burn plant

  • noun very short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice; leaves develop spiny margins with maturity; native to Mediterranean region; grown widely in tropics and as houseplants
    Aloe vera.
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burn up

  • verb burn brightly
    blaze up; flare; flame up.
    • Every star seemed to flare with new intensity
  • verb use up (energy)
    burn off; burn.
    • burn off calories through vigorous exercise
  • verb burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
    burn down; go up.
    • The hut burned down
    • The mountain of paper went up in flames
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burned-out

  • adjective satellite exhausted as a result of longtime stress
    burned-out.
    • she was burned-out before she was 30
  • adjective satellite inoperative as a result of heat or friction
    burned-out.
    • a burned-out picture tube
  • adjective satellite destroyed or badly damaged by fire
    burned-over; burned; burnt; burned-out.
    • a row of burned houses
    • a charred bit of burnt wood
    • a burned-over site in the forest
    • barricaded the street with burnt-out cars
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burned-over

  • adjective satellite destroyed or badly damaged by fire
    burned-over; burned; burnt; burned-out.
    • a row of burned houses
    • a charred bit of burnt wood
    • a burned-over site in the forest
    • barricaded the street with burnt-out cars
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burning at the stake

  • noun execution by fire
    burning.
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burning bush

  • noun (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses
  • noun deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
    Euonymus atropurpureus; wahoo.
  • noun Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather
    gas plant; Dictamnus alba; dittany; fraxinella.
  • noun densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
    fire bush; Bassia scoparia; Kochia scoparia; belvedere; fire-bush; summer cypress.
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burnt lime

  • noun a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
    calx; quicklime; fluxing lime; unslaked lime; lime; calcined lime; calcium oxide.
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burnt sienna

  • noun a shade of brown with a tinge of red
    Venetian red; mahogany; sepia; reddish brown.
  • noun a reddish-brown pigment produced by roasting sienna
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burnt umber

  • noun dark brown pigment obtained by heating umber
  • noun a medium brown to dark-brown color
    coffee; umber; deep brown; chocolate.
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burnt-out

  • adjective satellite exhausted as a result of longtime stress
    burned-out.
    • she was burned-out before she was 30
  • adjective satellite inoperative as a result of heat or friction
    burned-out.
    • a burned-out picture tube
  • adjective satellite destroyed or badly damaged by fire
    burned-over; burned; burnt; burned-out.
    • a row of burned houses
    • a charred bit of burnt wood
    • a burned-over site in the forest
    • barricaded the street with burnt-out cars
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cigarette burn

  • noun a burn mark left by a smoldering cigarette
    • a cigarette burn on the edge of the table
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clean-burning

  • adjective satellite leaving little contamination while consuming fuel
    • natural gas is a clean-burning fuel
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coal-burning

  • adjective satellite fueled by burning coal
    coal-fired.
    • a coal-fired ship
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electric burn

  • noun a burn caused by heat produced by an electric current
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first-degree burn

  • noun burn causing redness of the skin surface
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free burning

  • adjective satellite (of an electric arc) continuous
    sustained.
    • heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs
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george burns

  • noun United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
    Nathan Birnbaum; Burns.
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robert burns

  • noun celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)
    Burns.
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robert burns woodward

  • noun United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)
    Woodward; Robert Woodward; Bob Woodward.
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rope burn

  • noun abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope
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second-degree burn

  • noun burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis
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still-burn

Still"-burn` transitive verb
Etymology
imp. & p. p. still-burnt or Still-burned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Still-burning.
Definitions
  1. To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.
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third-degree burn

  • noun burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis
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To be burned out

  • to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of one's house, store, or shop, with the contents.
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To burn, To burn together

  • as two surfaces of metal (Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a quantity of the same metal in a liquid state.
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To burn, ∨ To hang, in effigy

  • to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.
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To burn a bowl

  • (Game of Bowls), to displace it accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be burned.
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To burn daylight

  • to light candles before it is dark; to waste time; to perform superfluous actions. Shak.
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To burn one's fingers

  • to get one's self into unexpected trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others, speculation, etc.
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To burn out

  • to destroy or obliterate by burning. "Must you with hot irons burn out mine eyes?" Shak.
  • to burn till the fuel is exhausted.
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To burn the midnight oil

  • to study or work late at night.
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To burn up, To burn down

  • to burn entirely.
  • to be entirely consumed.
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wood-burning

  • adjective satellite fueled by wood
    wood-fired.
    • a wood-burning stove'
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