burning off
Consuming by flame
Burning off is the controlled burning of vegetation, whether to clear land, manage brush, or reduce wildfire risk.
Farmers burn off stubble after harvest; land managers burn off undergrowth before fire season.
The phrase also describes fuel consumption: The car was burning off the last of the tank.
In exercise contexts, burning off calories means expending energy: I need to burn off that dessert.
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
- ventingReleasing emotion verbally
- thermogenesisMetabolic production of warmth
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
catharsis · metabolism · firebreak · stress relief · soil fertility · carbon footprint · greenhouse gases · pyrolysis · anger management · ignition · fire suppression · morning fog · steam engine · exercise · air pollution · waste disposal · embers · sweat
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
burning offextinguishing
Causing to stop burning
putting out · dousing · quenching · smothering · snuffing out
burning offaccumulating
Gathering in increasing quantity
storing · building up · retaining · amassing · conserving
burning offrolling in
Arriving continuously, abundantly
forming · settling · thickening · descending · gathering
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