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Burn up
Definitions
- 1 Misspelling of burnup. alt-of, misspelling
- 1 To catch fire and burn until destroyed. intransitive
"Near-synonyms: go up in smoke; see also Thesaurus:combust"
- 2 burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire wordnet
- 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 use up (energy) wordnet
- 5 To anger; to annoy. transitive
"Near-synonyms: incense; see also Thesaurus:enrage, Thesaurus:annoy"
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- 6 burn brightly wordnet
- 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."
- 8 To be or feel overly hot or inflamed. intransitive
"Near-synonyms: steam, swelter"
- 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!"
- 10 To ride a motorcycle or other vehicle at high speed. dated
- 11 To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finishing strongly. intransitive
Etymology
From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).
From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).
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