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Burn

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Meaning

Noun

●
A physical
by
,
,
,
or
chemicals.
●
A
such an injury.
●
The
of
something with fire.
●
An
non-physical
, as
by
or an effective insult.
●
An effective
, often in the
(excellent or
).
●
Physical
in the
,
by
of
acid.
●
In British English:
Tobacco.
●
In Computing:
The
of
to a
like a
or a ROM chip.
●
The
or result of
or
,
brickmaking.
●
A
in
; brand.
●
In Aerospace:
The
of a spacecraft's
in order to change its course.
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
A stream.

Verb

●
To cause to be
by fire.
●
To be
by
, or in flames.
●
To
make unusable.
●
To become
of being unusable.
●
To make or
by the
of
or
heat.
●
To
(a person or
) with
or
that
damage.
●
In Surgery:
To cauterize.
●
To sunburn.
●
To
,
, or change the
of,
by
of
or
; to
as
or
does.
●
To be
, e.g. due to embarrassment.
●
In Chemistry:
To cause to
with
or other
, with
of
; to
; to oxidize.
●
In Chemistry:
To
, with
of heat.
●
In Computing:
To
to a
like a
or a ROM chip.
●
In Computing:
To
into a video's
while
it, making the
part of the image.
●
To betray.
●
To
or defeat.
●
To
(time); to
money or other resources.
●
In certain
, to approach
to a
which is sought.
●
In Curling:
To
a
stone.
●
In Card games:
In
, to
a
of
for another
, or to
a
card.
●
In Photography:
To increase the
areas of a
in order to make them
(compare dodge).
●
In Physics:
To be
to another
in a
, especially in a star.
●
In Card games & Gambling:
To discard.
●
To
someone with a firearm.
●
In Espionage:
To
(an agent's
story).
●
In Espionage:
To blackmail.

Name

●
A
and
in Selby
, North Yorkshire, England (OS
SE5928).
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

burn
English
arrow
bernen
Middle English (1100-1500)
burn
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym

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