burn
Fire's painful mark
Meanings of burn have mostly to do with fire and heat, and the results of these.
To burn something is to expose it to flame or extreme heat.
Marks and evidence of this process are called burns.
When something is consumed by fire, it is burned up or burnt up.
Figuratively, this also applies to other exhausted resources: We’ve already burned through our budget.
If you get burned by someone, you get cheated or badly treated.
Burning gas made visible
- blazeIntense burning fire
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- bonfireLarge outdoor fire
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
conflagration · ignite · kindle · pyre · scorch · spark · torch · wildfire
Burn with hot liquid
Intense emotional drive
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- zealIntense driving devotion
- desireIntense wanting
longing · fire · smolder · consume · inflame · rage · anger · resentment
Destroy completely
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
- incinerateBurn to nothing
- destroyCause complete ruin
- consumeTake in fully
gut · torch · arson · scorched-earth · pillage · immolate · holocaust · cremation
Sharp wound from insect
- tingleSlight stinging sensation
- smartMentally quick, or fashionable
- throbBeat with intensity
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
rawness · prickling · soreness · acid · spicy · capsaicin · chafe · peppery
Burn with hot liquid
- blisterFluid-filled skin swelling
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- first-degreeMost or least severe
- second-degreeMiddle-tier classification
third-degree · scar · windburn · friction · charred · rawness · painful · healing
flame
Burning gas made visible
campfire · conflagration · ignite · kindle · pyre · scorch · spark · torch · wildfire · hearth
scald
Burn with hot liquid
steam · toast · bake · fry · sear · broil · simmer · glow · brand · cauterize
passion
Intense emotional drive
desire · longing · fire · smolder · consume · inflame · rage · anger · resentment · seethe
raze
Destroy completely
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
- incinerateBurn to nothing
- destroyCause complete ruin
consume · gut · torch · arson · scorched-earth · pillage · immolate · holocaust · cremation
sting
Sharp wound from insect
irritation · rawness · prickling · soreness · acid · spicy · capsaicin · chafe · peppery · hot
disc
Flat circular object
copy · write · rip · ISO · image · backup · record · rewritable · blank · laser
scald
Burn with hot liquid
- blisterFluid-filled skin swelling
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- first-degreeMost or least severe
second-degree · third-degree · scar · windburn · friction · charred · rawness · painful · healing · salve
metabolism
Cellular nutrient conversion
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- workoutStructured physical exercise
- cardioPulse-elevating exercise regimen
jogging · cycling · running · swimming · aerobics · fitness · HIIT · sweat · exertion
creek
Narrow natural watercourse
rill · runnel · waterway · Scottish · highland · glen · moorland
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- accidentsaccident, car accident, bike accident, mishap, traffic accident
- body discomfortsitching, stinging, aching, throbbing, cramping
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- burn downDestroy by fire
- burned outExhausted from overexertion
- burned downDestroyed by fire
- burn outExhaust through overwork
- burning upIntensely overheated
- burn upConsume with flames
burning, burnt, burned, sunburn, sunburned, burns, burnish, burnout, heartburn