Definition of Burn

Burn

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass.

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.

To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block.

To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper.

To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.

To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.

To be of fire; to flame.

To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.

To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.

To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.

In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.

The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.

A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.

A small stream.

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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Buddha

We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.
Steve Jobs

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
Chanakya

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.
H. L. Mencken

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Joseph Campbell

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
Amelia Earhart

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
Margaret Mead

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell

I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out.
Dolly Parton