Burn up

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of burnup. alt-of, misspelling
Verb
  1. 1
    To catch fire and burn until destroyed. intransitive

    "Near-synonyms: go up in smoke; see also Thesaurus:combust"

  2. 2
    burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire wordnet
  3. 3
    To destroy by burning. transitive

    "Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king."

  4. 4
    use up (energy) wordnet
  5. 5
    To anger; to annoy. transitive

    "Near-synonyms: incense; see also Thesaurus:enrage, Thesaurus:annoy"

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  1. 6
    burn brightly wordnet
  2. 7
    To be angry or annoyed. intransitive

    "One morning […] we stood around the office talking and laughing, having a good time, when one man, Tim, made a job ^([sic]) about "fags." Right then we had to leave, and soon we were warming up our cars on the street. Naturally I was burning up about the comment, and decided to do something about it, though even as I got out of my car to walk up to Tim's, I wasn't sure what."

  3. 8
    To be or feel overly hot or inflamed. intransitive

    "Near-synonyms: steam, swelter"

  4. 9
    To be or feel overly hot or inflamed.; To experience a high fever. intransitive, specifically

    "She felt the child's forehead and discovered that he was burning up!"

  5. 10
    To ride a motorcycle or other vehicle at high speed. dated
  6. 11
    To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finishing strongly. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).

Etymology 2

From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).

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