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Adjective burning has 6 senses

burning - producing or having a painfully hot sensation; "begged for water to soothe his burning throat"
Antonym: painless (indirect, via painful)
burning - intensely hot; "a burning fever"; "the burning sand"
Antonym: cold (indirect, via hot)
ardent, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid - characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
Antonym: passionless (indirect, via passionate)
ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, alight, blazing, burning, flaming, on fire - lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire"
Antonyms: unlighted, unlit (indirect, via lighted)
burning - of immediate import; "burning issues of the day"
Antonym: unimportant (indirect, via important)
burning - consuming fuel; used in combination; "coal-burning (or wood-burning) stoves"
Antonym: unfueled (indirect, via fueled)

Noun burning has 5 senses

burning, combustion - the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"
--₁ is a kind of change of integrity
--₁ has particulars:
arson, incendiarism, fire-raising; ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation; incineration
burn, burning - pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
--₂ is a kind of pain, hurting
combustion, burning - a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
--₃ is a kind of oxidation, oxidization, oxidisation
--₃ has particulars:
deflagration; fire, flame, flaming; internal combustion
electrocution, burning - execution by electricity
--₄ is a kind of execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
burning, burning at the stake - execution by fire
--₅ is a kind of execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
--₅ has particulars: auto-da-fe

Verb burn has 15 senses

burn, fire, burn down - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
--₁ is one way to destroy, ruin

Derived form: noun burn₄
Sample sentence:
They burn the trees
burn, glow - shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"
--₂ is one way to shine, beam
Sample sentences:
Lights burn on the horizon
The horizon is burning with lights
burn, combust - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
--₃ is one way to change state, turn

Derived form: noun burn₅
Sample sentences:
The wooden sticks burn
These fabrics burn easily
bite, sting, burn - cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
--₄ is one way to ache, smart, hurt

Derived form: noun burn₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
burn, combust - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
Sample sentence:
They burn the trees
burn - feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"
--₆ is one way to feel, experience
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
burn, incinerate - cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
--₇ is one way to change integrity

Derived forms: noun burn₄, noun burn₅, noun burner₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
burn - burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
--₈ is one way to execute, put to death
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
burn - spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
--₉ is one way to waste, blow, squander
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
burn - feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
--₁₀ is one way to ache, smart, hurt

Derived form: noun burn₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
cauterize, cauterise, burn - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
--₁₁ is one way to treat, care for

Derived form: noun burn₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
sunburn, burn - get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
--₁₂ is one way to discolor, discolour, colour, color

Derived form: noun burn₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
cut, burn - create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
--₁₃ is one way to produce, make, create
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
burn off, burn, burn up - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"
--₁₄ is one way to consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
burn - burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
--₁₅ is one way to damage

Derived forms: noun burn₄, noun burn₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody