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Burning
//ˈbɝnɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 So hot as to seem to burn (something).
"the burning sun"
- 2 Feeling very hot.
"burning skin"
- 3 Feeling great passion.
"her burning heart"
- 4 Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
"burning zeal"
- 5 Being keenly discussed.
"a burning question; a burning issue"
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- 6 On fire.
"A firefighter puts water on a burning tree as flames approach a containment line, while fighting the King fire near Fresh Pond, California."
Adjective
- 1 of immediate import wordnet
Noun
- 1 The act by which something burns or is burned.
"It gives a fine delineation of the burnings of shame, disappointed ambition, and vengeance[…]"
- 2 the act of burning something wordnet
- 3 A fire.
"The burnings continued all day."
- 4 a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin wordnet
- 5 purposefully remove certain number of coins in circulation, by sending it to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.
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- 6 execution by fire wordnet
- 7 A fiery pain.
- 8 execution by electricity wordnet
- 9 a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light wordnet
- 10 pain that feels hot as if it were on fire wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of burn form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
By surface analysis, burn + -ing.
Etymology 2
By surface analysis, burn + -ing.
Etymology 3
By surface analysis, burn + -ing.
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