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burn
Overview of noun burn
The noun burn has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) burn, burning -- (pain that feels hot as if it were on fire)
2. (1) tan, suntan, sunburn, burn -- (a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun)
3. burn -- (an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation)
4. burn, burn mark -- (a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body))
5. burn -- (damage inflicted by fire)
Overview of verb burn
The verb burn has 15 senses (first 12 from tagged texts)
1. (11) burn, fire, burn down -- (destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries")
2. (10) burn, glow -- (shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning")
3. (10) burn, combust -- (undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well")
4. (5) bite, sting, burn -- (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face")
5. (2) burn, combust -- (cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels")
6. (2) burn -- (feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies")
7. (2) burn, incinerate -- (cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil")
8. (1) burn -- (burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem")
9. (1) burn -- (spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn")
10. (1) burn -- (feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning")
11. (1) cauterize, cauterise, burn -- (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart")
12. (1) sunburn, burn -- (get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun)
13. cut, burn -- (create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD")
14. burn off, burn, burn up -- (use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise")
15. burn -- (burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burn
5 senses of burn
Sense 1
burn, burning
=> pain, hurting
=> symptom
=> evidence, grounds
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
=> hyperpigmentation
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
burn
=> injury, hurt, harm, trauma
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
burn, burn mark
=> blemish, defect, mar
=> appearance, visual aspect
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
burn
=> damage, harm, hurt, scathe
=> change of integrity
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun burn
3 of 5 senses of burn
Sense 3
burn
=> electric burn
=> scorch, singe
=> scald
=> first-degree burn
=> second-degree burn
=> third-degree burn
Sense 4
burn, burn mark
=> cigarette burn
Sense 5
burn
=> scald
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burn
5 senses of burn
Sense 1
burn, burning
=> pain, hurting
Sense 2
tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
=> hyperpigmentation
Sense 3
burn
=> injury, hurt, harm, trauma
Sense 4
burn, burn mark
=> blemish, defect, mar
Sense 5
burn
=> damage, harm, hurt, scathe
Antonyms of noun burn
Member Holonyms of noun burn
Substance Holonyms of noun burn
Part Holonyms of noun burn
Member Meronyms of noun burn
Substance Meronyms of noun burn
Part Meronyms of noun burn
Meronyms of noun burn
Holonyms of noun burn
Attributes of noun burn
Derived Forms of noun burn
5 senses of burn
Sense 1
burn, burning
RELATED TO>(verb) burn#10
=> burn
RELATED TO>(verb) burn#4
=> bite, sting, burn
Sense 2
tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
RELATED TO>(verb) burn#12
=> sunburn, burn
Sense 3
burn
RELATED TO>(verb) burn#11
=> cauterize, cauterise, burn
Sense 4
burn, burn mark
RELATED TO>(verb) burn#15
=> burn
RELATED TO>(verb) burn#1
=> burn, fire, burn down
RELATED TO>(verb) burn#7
=> burn, incinerate
Sense 5
burn
RELATED TO>(verb) burn#15
=> burn
RELATED TO>(verb) burn#7
=> burn, incinerate
RELATED TO>(verb) burn#3
=> burn, combust
Domain of noun burn
Domain Terms of noun burn
Familiarity of noun burn
burn used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun burn
5 senses of burn
Sense 1
burn, burning
> pain, hurting
=> ache, aching
=> agony, suffering, excruciation
=> arthralgia
=> burn, burning
=> causalgia
=> colic, intestinal colic, gripes, griping
=> chest pain
=> chiralgia
=> distress
=> dysmenorrhea
=> glossalgia, glossodynia
=> growing pains
=> hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles
=> keratalgia
=> labor pain
=> mastalgia
=> melagra
=> meralgia
=> metralgia
=> myalgia, myodynia
=> nephralgia
=> neuralgia, neuralgy
=> odynophagia
=> orchidalgia
=> pang
=> pang, sting
=> photalgia, photophobia
=> pleurodynia, pleuralgia, costalgia
=> podalgia
=> proctalgia
=> referred pain
=> renal colic
=> smart, smarting, smartness
=> sting, stinging
=> stitch
=> tenderness, soreness, rawness
=> thermalgesia
=> throb
=> torture, torment
=> ulalgia
=> urodynia
Sense 2
tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
> hyperpigmentation
=> tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
Sense 3
burn
> injury, hurt, harm, trauma
=> birth trauma
=> blast trauma
=> bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage
=> blunt trauma
=> bruise, contusion
=> bump
=> burn
=> dislocation
=> electric shock
=> fracture, break
=> frostbite, cryopathy
=> intravasation
=> penetrating trauma, penetrating injury
=> pinch
=> rupture
=> sting, bite, insect bite
=> strain
=> whiplash, whiplash injury
=> wale, welt, weal, wheal
=> wound, lesion
=> wrench, twist, pull
Sense 4
burn, burn mark
> blemish, defect, mar
=> birthmark, nevus
=> chatter mark
=> check, chip
=> crack
=> dent, ding, gouge, nick
=> mole
=> scratch, scrape, scar, mark
=> burn, burn mark
=> smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
=> stigma
=> wart, verruca
=> whitehead, milium
=> blackhead, comedo
Sense 5
burn
> damage, harm, hurt, scathe
=> impairment
=> defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration
=> wound, wounding
=> burn
=> defloration
Meronyms of noun burn
5 senses of burn
Holonyms of noun burn
Grep of noun burn
bannockburn
blackburn
burn
burn bag
burn center
burn mark
burn plant
burnability
burner
burnet bloodwort
burnett
burnham
burning
burning at the stake
burning bush
burnish
burnoose
burnous
burnouse
burns
burnside
burnt lime
burnt sienna
burnt umber
burnup
cigarette burn
electric burn
first-degree burn
heartburn
hepburn
katharine hepburn
katharine houghton hepburn
rope burn
second-degree burn
sideburn
sunburn
third-degree burn
windburn
Antonyms of verb burn
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb burn
15 senses of burn
Sense 1
burn, fire, burn down
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 2
burn, glow
=> shine, beam
Sense 3
burn, combust
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 4
bite, sting, burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 5
burn, combust
Sense 6
burn
=> feel, experience
Sense 7
burn, incinerate
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 8
burn
=> execute, put to death
=> kill
=> punish, penalize, penalise
Sense 9
burn
=> waste, blow, squander
=> use, expend
Sense 10
burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 11
cauterize, cauterise, burn
=> treat, care for
Sense 12
sunburn, burn
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> change
Sense 13
cut, burn
=> produce, make, create
Sense 14
burn off, burn, burn up
=> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 15
burn
=> damage
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb burn
6 of 15 senses of burn
Sense 1
burn, fire, burn down
=> backfire
=> cremate
=> torch
=> scorch
Sense 2
burn, glow
=> gutter
Sense 3
burn, combust
=> burn down, burn up, go up
=> smolder, smoulder
=> scorch, sear, singe
=> deflagrate
=> flame
=> flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up
=> blaze
Sense 4
bite, sting, burn
=> nettle, urticate
Sense 5
burn, combust
=> ignite, light
=> set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire, set afire
=> char, coal
=> deflagrate
Sense 15
burn
=> scald
=> char, blacken, sear, scorch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb burn
15 senses of burn
Sense 1
burn, fire, burn down
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 2
burn, glow
=> shine, beam
Sense 3
burn, combust
=> change state, turn
Sense 4
bite, sting, burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
Sense 5
burn, combust
Sense 6
burn
=> feel, experience
Sense 7
burn, incinerate
=> change integrity
Sense 8
burn
=> execute, put to death
Sense 9
burn
=> waste, blow, squander
Sense 10
burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
Sense 11
cauterize, cauterise, burn
=> treat, care for
Sense 12
sunburn, burn
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
Sense 13
cut, burn
=> produce, make, create
Sense 14
burn off, burn, burn up
=> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
Sense 15
burn
=> damage
'Cause To' of verb burn
1 of 15 senses of burn
Sense 5
burn, combust
=> burn, combust
Derived Forms of verb burn
9 of 15 senses of burn
Sense 1
burn, fire, burn down
RELATED TO>(adj) burnable#1
=> burnable, ignitable, ignitible
RELATED TO>(noun) burn#4
=> burn, burn mark
Sense 3
burn, combust
RELATED TO>(adj) burnable#1
=> burnable, ignitable, ignitible
RELATED TO>(noun) burn#5
=> burn
Sense 4
bite, sting, burn
RELATED TO>(noun) burn#1
=> burn, burning
Sense 5
burn, combust
RELATED TO>(adj) burnable#1
=> burnable, ignitable, ignitible
Sense 7
burn, incinerate
RELATED TO>(adj) burnable#1
=> burnable, ignitable, ignitible
RELATED TO>(noun) burn#4
=> burn, burn mark
RELATED TO>(noun) burn#5
=> burn
RELATED TO>(noun) burner#1
=> burner
Sense 10
burn
RELATED TO>(noun) burn#1
=> burn, burning
Sense 11
cauterize, cauterise, burn
RELATED TO>(noun) burn#3
=> burn
Sense 12
sunburn, burn
RELATED TO>(noun) burn#2
=> tan, suntan, sunburn, burn
Sense 15
burn
RELATED TO>(adj) burnable#1
=> burnable, ignitable, ignitible
RELATED TO>(noun) burn#4
=> burn, burn mark
RELATED TO>(noun) burn#5
=> burn
Domain of verb burn
Domain Terms of verb burn
Familiarity of verb burn
burn used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =15)
Sample Sentences of verb burn
15 senses of burn
Sense 1
burn, fire, burn down
EX: They burn the trees
Sense 2
burn, glow
EX: Lights burn on the horizon
EX: The horizon is burning with lights
Sense 3
burn, combust
EX: The wooden sticks burn
EX: These fabrics burn easily
Sense 4
bite, sting, burn
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
burn, combust
EX: They burn the trees
Sense 6
burn
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 7
burn, incinerate
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 8
burn
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 9
burn
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
burn
*> Something ----s
Sense 11
cauterize, cauterise, burn
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 12
sunburn, burn
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 13
cut, burn
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 14
burn off, burn, burn up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 15
burn
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb burn
14 of 15 senses of burn
Sense 1
burn, fire, burn down
> destroy, ruin
=> burn, fire, burn down
=> lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
=> harry, ravage
=> break
=> break, bust
=> vandalize, vandalise
=> do a job on
=> subvert
=> get
=> devour
=> rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
=> explode
=> consume
=> shipwreck
=> bust up, wreck, wrack
=> kick in, kick down
=> wash out
Sense 2
burn, glow
> shine, beam
=> beat down
=> beacon
=> glare
=> flare, flame
=> outshine
=> shimmer
=> flicker, flick
=> blaze
=> twinkle, winkle, scintillate
=> burn, glow
Sense 3
burn, combust
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 4
bite, sting, burn
> ache, smart, hurt
=> bite, sting, burn
=> burn
=> itch
=> hunger
=> thirst
=> act up
=> throb
=> shoot
Sense 6
burn
> feel, experience
=> recapture
=> pride, plume, congratulate
=> smolder, smoulder
=> harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse
=> cool off
=> anger, see red
=> chafe
=> suffer
=> fume
=> repent, regret, rue
=> sadden
=> rejoice, joy
=> sympathize, sympathise
=> take pride, pride oneself
=> burn
=> die
=> fly high
=> glow, beam, radiate, shine
=> glow
Sense 7
burn, incinerate
> change integrity
=> reform
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> explode, burst
=> explode, detonate, blow up, set off
=> cook
=> break up, disperse, scatter
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> pasteurize, pasteurise
=> condense
=> evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
=> burn, incinerate
=> blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
=> disintegrate
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> thicken, inspissate
=> gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
=> liquefy, flux, liquify
=> solidify
=> solidify
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise
=> dissolve, resolve, break up
=> demulsify
=> jellify, jelly
=> jellify
=> separate
=> crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
Sense 8
burn
> execute, put to death
=> crucify
=> burn
=> hang, string up
Sense 9
burn
> waste, blow, squander
=> burn
Sense 10
burn
> ache, smart, hurt
=> bite, sting, burn
=> burn
=> itch
=> hunger
=> thirst
=> act up
=> throb
=> shoot
Sense 11
cauterize, cauterise, burn
> treat, care for
=> hyperventilate
=> massage
=> purge
=> correct
=> insufflate
=> detox, detoxify
=> irrigate
=> iodize, iodise
=> doctor
=> vet
=> nurse
=> manipulate
=> administer, dispense
=> remedy, relieve
=> dress
=> splint
=> operate on, operate
=> medicate, medicine
=> bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
=> cup, transfuse
=> shock
=> pack
=> cauterize, cauterise, burn
=> analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse
Sense 12
sunburn, burn
> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> blush, crimson, flush, redden
=> pale, blanch, blench
=> tan, bronze
=> sunburn, burn
=> whiten, white
=> blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black
=> turn
=> silver
=> dye
=> redden
=> purple
=> grey, gray
=> yellow
=> tone
=> green
=> blue
Sense 13
cut, burn
> produce, make, create
=> breed
=> remake, refashion, redo, make over
=> prefabricate
=> underproduce
=> output
=> pulse, pulsate
=> clap up, clap together, slap together
=> custom-make, customize, customise, tailor-make
=> dummy, dummy up
=> turn out
=> machine
=> churn out
=> overproduce
=> elaborate
=> put out
=> laminate
=> bootleg
=> generate
=> render, yield, return, give, generate
=> extrude, squeeze out
=> smelt
=> reproduce
=> prefabricate, preassemble
=> fudge together, throw together
=> print, publish
=> confect
=> proof
=> cut, burn
Sense 14
burn off, burn, burn up
> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
=> run out
=> drain
=> indulge, luxuriate
=> burn off, burn, burn up
=> spend
=> run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire
Sense 15
burn
> damage
=> burn
=> frost
=> bilge
=> break
=> total
=> bruise
=> disturb
=> afflict, smite
=> hurt, injure
=> impair
=> flaw, blemish
=> corrode, eat, rust
=> erode, eat away, fret
=> mutilate, mangle, cut up
=> mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
=> whittle away, whittle down, wear away
=> bang up, smash up, smash
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb burn
Sense 1
burn, fire, burn down
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 3
burn, combust
=> change state, turn
Sense 7
burn, incinerate
=> change integrity
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Sense 4
bite, sting, burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
Sense 10
burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
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Sense 2
burn, glow
=> shine, beam
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Sense 5
burn, combust
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Sense 6
burn
=> feel, experience
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Sense 8
burn
=> execute, put to death
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Sense 9
burn
=> waste, blow, squander
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Sense 11
cauterize, cauterise, burn
=> treat, care for
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Sense 12
sunburn, burn
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
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Sense 13
cut, burn
=> produce, make, create
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Sense 14
burn off, burn, burn up
=> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
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Sense 15
burn
=> damage
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Grep of verb burn
burn
burn down
burn off
burn out
burn up
burnish
sunburn
Grep of adj burn
auburn
burnable
burned
burned-out
burned-over
burning
burnished
burnt
burnt-out
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