Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "burn" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

build cool freeze water

Coordinate Terms

dodge

Derived Terms

Burn Bridge Burn Bridge Burnmouth Burnside Chinese burn I've burned myself I've burnt myself Indian burn Rome wasn't burned in a day aburn afterburn are your ears burning back burn back-burn backburn beard burn burger burn burn a hole in someone's pocket burn away burn bag burn barrel burn book burn bread burn building burn center burn coal burn daylight burn down burn in burn in hell burn notice burn off burn one down burn one's boats burn one's bridges burn one's candle at both ends burn one's fingers burn one's toast burn out burn pavement burn phone burn pit burn rate burn rubber burn someone at the stake burn someone's ass burn someone's ears burn that bridge when one comes to it burn the candle at both ends burn the coal burn the coal, pay the toll burn the midnight oil burn the roof burn the water burn through burn time burn time burn to a crisp burn unit burn up burn, baby, burn burn-baited burn-beat burn-clearing burn-in burn-out burn-the-wind burnability burnable burner burnie burnlike burnout burnover burnproof burnt toast theory burnup burny carpet burn chemical burn churn and burn cigarette burn controlled burn cool burn crash and burn cryoburn dad burn deorbit burn do a slow burn dump and burn ears are burning ever-burning feel the burn first-degree burn flash burn flash-burn forburn fourth-degree burn freeburn freezer burn friction burn frost burn frostburn full-burn get one's fingers burnt hazard reduction burn heart-burn heartburn ice burn inburn keep the home fires burning lean burn lean-burn limeburner long-burning millipede burn money to burn moonburn moorburn mowburn nonburn noseburn outburn overburn overburn postburn powder burn powder-burn preburn preburn prescribed burn proof of burn rainburn raster burn razor burn reburn road burn rope burn rugburn screen burn screenburn second-degree burn sick burn sideburn sideburns slash and burn slash-and-burn slow burn slow-burn slow-burning suicide burn sunburn third-degree burn to burn turn or burn two lamps burning and no ship at sea unburn underburn underburn watch the world burn welder's burn windburn

Etymologically Related To

bourn brew

Context

card games cards chemistry computing curling gambling northern england photography physics prison scotland slang surgery uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ache alter beam blemish blow care for change change integrity change state color colour consume create damage damage defect deplete destroy discolor discolour eat eat up execute exhaust expend experience feel happen harm hurt hurt hurting injury make mar modify pain produce put to death ruin run through scathe shine smart squander trauma treat turn use use up waste wipe out worsen

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

blaze up burn away burn down burn off burn to a crisp burn up cinder deflagrate flare up flicker incinerate singe smolder smother sweal

Type Of (IsA)

beverage blemish damage disease external anatomical part injury pain

Manner Of

ache change integrity change state damage destroy execute feel shine waste

Related Terms

Burn Naze bourn brimstone combust kindle

Related Terms

ablaze accident accidents action aftermath bake before before tan betray black blister blisters blisters pain bourn brand broil burning caustic cauterize char chefs chemical chemicals churn cold combust comedian comedian george compact condition consequence consume consume flame consume flames cook cooked cooking crispy damage dead defeat degree degrees disc discard disease dodge does effect electricity element embarrassment england event excessive excessive heat exercise exothermic exothermic event exposure feeling fire fire accident fire action fire aftermath fire consequence fire damage fire does fire effect fire hurt fire injury fire on fire ouch fire related fire smoke fire trauma fire wound fires flame flame broil flame cooking flame damage flame injury flames flesh flesh wound friction from fire fry george heat heat damage heat injury heat scar heat sensation heat wound hot hot accident hot injury hot pain hurt hurt skin in fire incinerate injure injury insult into into fire lactic acid light lighting lighting paper like like churn like sear loss medium melting much muscle north yorkshire nuclear fusion on fire ouch oven over over cook over cooked over cooking overcook overcooked overcooking overheat pain painful paper peeling peeling skin pontoon print put put fire radiation red red skin related resulting resulting from rom scald scar scarring scars scorch scorching sear searing second second degree sensation set set ablaze shame sick burn singe skin skin fire skin injury smell smoke sore star sting stone storage stream suffering sun sun bake sun condition sun injury sunburn tan third third degree three three degrees tobacco too too much touch touch fire trauma vegetable very very hot very painful village waste welding welding accidents welted welted skin when when you wound

Similar Terms

bite burn down catch fire combust conflagrate cut erupt fire ignite incinerate sting take fire

Synonym Network

bite blaze boil broil brook brown burn off cauterize conflagrate cook cremate cut desiccate dry enflame fire gill glow ignite incandesce incinerate light parch rill rivulet roast runlet runnel scald scorch sear seeth shrivel smoulder stew stream sunburn suntan swelter tan water wither

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