Burn

Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 2 Intransitive verb 2.1 Translations 3 Transitive verb 3.2 Translations 4 Noun 4.3 Translations

Pronunciation

1. to be consumed by fire
2. to feel hot due to embarrassment (Her cheeks burned with shame.)

• Breton: deviñ (1), leskiñ (1)
• Dutch: branden (1)
• German: brennen (1)
• Indonesian: membakar (1)
• Japanese: 燃やす (もやす, moyasu) (1)

1. to cause to be consumed by fire
2. to injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals
3. (Slang) to betray (The informant burned him.)
4. (Computers) to write data to a compact disc
5. to waste (time) (We have an hour to burn.)

• German: verbrennen (1, 2), brennen (4)

1. a physical injury caused by heat or caustic chemicals
2. the act of burning something (a controlled burn of the fields)
3. a small river
4. freezer burn: dessication caused by being kept in a freezer too long