burn out

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To destroy by fire.
2. (intransitive) To become extinguished due to lack of fuel.
3. (intransitive) To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).
4. (intransitive) To tire due to overwork; to overwork to one's limit.
5. (transitive) To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.
6. (intransitive, slang, uncommon) To end one's shift at a job.
7. (intransitive) To have one's tires skid against the ground; to peel off, peel out.
8. (idiomatic) To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year.
9. (intransitive) To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.

Noun

Nonstandard spelling of burnout.

Synonyms

burn down

blow out

die out

go out

blow

be destroyed by fire

cut off

cut out

decrease

diminish

disappear

dissolve

erase

extinguish

faint

fall

give out

lambaste

obliterate

pass away

put out

quench

reduce

rub out

run out

shorten

shrink

slake

snuff

snuff out

stall

switch off

turn off

used up

vanish

wipe out

be annihilated

melt away

destroy by fire

be spent

become extremely tired

burn oneself out

burn someone out

delete

cease burning

be used up

burn

burndown

burn up

conk

Translations

ausbrennen

apagarse

s’éteindre

ausgehen

quemar

schwinden

nachlassen

abbrennen

mindern

herabsetzen

abschwächen

schrumpfen

fallen

sich vermindern

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