Burning

Word BURNING
Character 7
Hyphenation burn ing
Pronunciations /bɜːnɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Burning"

What do we mean by burning?

Marked by flames or intense heat. adjective

Characterized by intense emotion; passionate. adjective

Of immediate import; urgent. adjective

Oxidation of iron by keeping it too long at a welding heat. noun

The act or process of consuming by fire. noun

In metal-working, the act or process of uniting metallic surfaces by fusing them together, or by running molten metal of the same kind between them. noun

In ceramics, the final firing, as for glazing, fixing the colors, or the like: used somewhat loosely. noun

Scorching; hot: as, the burning sands of the Sahara.

Powerful; strong; vehement; ardent.

Causing excitement, ardor, or enthusiasm; enchaining or demanding attention.

Synonyms Blazing, flaming, scorching, fiery, hot.

The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. noun

Any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. noun

A convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. noun

The furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. noun

A concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. noun

That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. adjective

Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful. adjective

An ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry. adjective

Present participle of burn. verb

To cause to be consumed by fire.

To be consumed by fire, or in flames.

To overheat so as to make unusable.

To become overheated to the point of being unusable.

To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.

To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.

To cauterize.

To sunburn.

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

To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.

To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.

To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.

To betray.

To insult or defeat.

To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.

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

To accidentally touch a moving stone.

In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.

To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).

(of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star

To discard.

To shoot someone with a firearm.

Smoking, usually weed Urban Dictionary

When someone burns their wrist with either a lighter, candle, ect. as a form of self-injury or si. Urban Dictionary

Mostly used in the Uk when someone has been insulted very badly by someone else. Fuming is also said because the person that was insulted is usually very angry Urban Dictionary

V. Intentionally or accidentally showing another man your penis. Urban Dictionary

Using medicine to fight off std's Urban Dictionary

Someone that is really really hott, so they'd be even more hott--opposite of freezing; also, if they are pretty hott they are 'ON FIRE' and if they are extremely hott, perhaps the hottest person you've ever seen in real life, they are "SCORCHING!!" Urban Dictionary

Burn Burn is the first single from Start Something, the second album from the Welsh rock band lostprophets. Track listing C.D. 1 Burn Burn Our Broken Hearts (demo) Like A Fire (demo) C.D. 2 Burn Burn Lucky You Push Out The Jive, Bring In The Love (demo) Vinyl Burn Burn Our Broken Hearts (demo) Also: from the album: Start Something Released: 3rd November 2003 (U.K) Format: CD Genre: Alternative metal Length: 3:36 Label: Columbia Records / Visible Noise Producer(s): Eric Valentine Chart positions 17 (U.K) Urban Dictionary

To smoke weed Urban Dictionary

Street slang for the the city of Melbourne in Victoria. Urban Dictionary

An STD , such as chlamydia Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Burning

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The word "burning" in example sentences

(_the burning of the body_), 3015; instr.sg. by hine ne môston ... bronde forbärnan (_could not bestow upon him the solemn burning_), 2127; häfde landwara lîge befangen, bæle and bronde, _with glow, fire, and flame_, ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

(_the burning of the body_), 3015; instr.sg. by hine ne mōston ... bronde forbærnan (_could not bestow upon him the solemn burning_), 2127; hæfde landwara līge befangen, bǣle and bronde, _with glow, fire, and flame_, ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

Addie murmured, the word burning into his sweater. ❋ JODI PICOULT (2001)

On the other hand, if you don't know the origins of the phrase "burning the candle at both ends" or why a parlour is called a parlour it's from the French parler, a place to talk then this will tell you in perfectly sprightly fashion. ❋ Unknown (2011)

She also loses the sympathy of the audience by not only losing sight of her dream, but never seeming to really have cared about it to begin with as she never mentions writing again after the first pair of Jimmy Choos, and what they called burning a co-worker that was not really flushed out very well. ❋ Ellen Beth Gill (2006)

But part of the waste can be got rid of only by burning, and what we call burning is another name for combining with oxygen, or to use one word -- _oxidation_; and this is precisely the purpose of the carrying of oxygen by the little red blood cells from the lungs to the deeper parts of the body -- to burn up, or oxidize, these waste materials which would otherwise poison our cells. ❋ Woods Hutchinson (1896)

If rapid circles 'motion be that which they call burning! ❋ George Gilfillan (1845)

We've been fortunate that where we participated in the excess causality markets we are fairly above what we call the burning layers for most of our portfolio and where we do come down, we are in a much more specialized produce or position either by industry or by seat or by company we are insuring.

I hate the fact field burning is going away but understand it's going to happen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I spend all the time that I'm not at The Post saving children from burning buildings, tutoring prison inmates, and tutoring children in burning buildings. ❋ Alexandra Petri (2010)

(Including the absence of pain, such as when cutting or burning is used to pierce emotional numbness.) ❋ David Leibow (2010)

A victory against field burning is a victory for Monsanto and Dow. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This, carried out in a controlled scientific way, is known as the burning glass method of measuring sunshine hours, in use for 150 years. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I smell wires burning from the cognitive dissonance of the dreaded New York Times printing something complimentary about the Tea Partiers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These were exams for officer jobs .... positions that would be on the rear lines doing the decision-making, not running around in burning buildings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Why all this hullaballoo about the financial part of the "HealthCare" program, when the services offered are more expensive than needed, too complicated to be funtional, leaving a "PATIENT" very vulnerable to what HealthCare he receives without costly recourse financialy and in burning the midnight oil when things go wrong, I know this side of the story from personal experience that included the death of my wife. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So many an unsung wanderer fought his last and died under the cold fire of the aurora, as did his brothers in burning sands and reeking jungles, and as they shall continue to do till in the fulness of time the destiny of their race be achieved. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And in burning revolt he goes seeking the meaning of life. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because no burning is involved, makers say there's no hazardous cocktail of cancer-causing chemicals and gases like those produced by a regular cigarette. ❋ Unknown (2009)

we burning [tonight] [or what] ❋ Deejay (2004)

[my friends] been burning her wrists [lately] ❋ Helen (2004)

'Did you hear Jean said to Ms. R" "Yeah, It was [so rude] she must be burning" "[Naah] she must have been [fuming] ❋ Sit-downlove (2015)

"Dude i just [burned] alex so hard. he was on the computer and i just [snuck up] behind him and put my dick right at eye level then waited for him to [turn around]." "yeah burning is awesome" ❋ Cdawg116 (2008)

bb:"Damn she a hoe" [pooka]: "i heard [she burning] she got [std's]" ❋ Pooka4life (2008)

"dude she is so burning..i mean she's got a great body and a beautiful face" "hes on fire..i mean, not the best ive seen..but still [hott]" "AH HE IS [SCORCHING]...THE ONE I WANT TO HAVE [MY KIDS] WITH HE IS SO SCORCHING" ❋ Holly (2004)

Burn Burn is [the first] [single] of the seond [album] 'start something' ❋ Scarer (2006)

[lets] burn it. ❋ Erica (2003)

Check out this [bustling] [laneway]! This is [exactly] why I love living in The Burn. ❋ Cyril Please (2010)

That bitch [Alisha] from [north] [burning] every nigga in the city ❋ Breezo (2018)

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