burn

Pronunciation

• enPR:bû(r)n,IPA^(key):/bɜː(r)n/
• SAMPA:/b3:(r)n/

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• Homophones:Bern,barn

Verb

Plain form burn

Third-person singular burns

Past tense burned

Past participle burned

Present participle burning

Plain form burn

Third-person singular burns

Past tense burnt

Past participle burnt

Present participle burning

This building isburning

1. If something has been cooked too much, then it isburned.

   Motherburnedthepiewhen she forgot that it wascookingin the oven.

2. When part of your body is injured because of theheat,then it has beenburned.

   If you touch a hotpanof water, you canburnyourself.

3. Things onfireareburning.

   The house next door isburning.

4. (slang) A person isburnedif someone else successfully insults him.

Related words and phrases

• burn a hole in one's pocket
• burn book
• burn down
• burn out
• burner

Noun

Singular burn

Plural burns

A burn

1. (countable) Aburnis aninjurycaused when you burn yourself.

   Theburnon my arm hurts.

Related words

• freezer burn
• rugburn
• sideburns
• slow burn
• sunburn
• first-degree burn
• second-degree burn
• third-degree burn