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 is burning

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

   Mother burned the pie when she forgot that it was cooking in the oven.

2. When part of your body is injured because of the heat, then it has been burned.

   If you touch a hot pan of water, you can burn yourself.

3. Things on fire are burning.

   The house next door is burning.

4. (slang) A person is burned if 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) A burn is an injury caused when you burn yourself.

   The burn on my arm hurts.

Related words

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