Dictionary
burn
Meaning
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- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- A sensation resembling such an injury.
- The act of burning something with fire.
- (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
- Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
- (slang) Tobacco.
- The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
- A disease in vegetables; brand.
- The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
- A kind of watercourse: a brook or creek.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɜːn/
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