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English

Homophones
Bern

Etymology 1
From OE. term|birnan|langang, term|beornan|langang and ON. term|brenna||to burn, light|lang=non.

Noun
en-noun

1. A physical injury caused by heat or caustic chemicals.

#: She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.

1. The act of burning something.

#: They�re doing a controlled burn of the fields.

1. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.

#: One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!

1. slang An intense non-physical sting, as left by an effective insult

Norwegian: brannsår, forbrending
Portuguese: queimadura f
Russian: ожог (ožóg) m
Scottish Gaelic: allt m, losgadh m
Slovene: t-|sl|opeklina|f
Spanish: t+|es|quemadura|f
Swedish: brännskada, brännmärke
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trans-top|the act of burning something
Albanian: t-|sq|djegje|xs=Albanian
Croatian: paljenje n
Danish: afbrænding
Dutch: verbranden
Esperanto: brulo, brulado
Finnish: polttaminen, poltto
German: t-|de|Verbrennung|f
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Norwegian: forbrenning
Russian: �жигание (sžigánije) n
Scottish Gaelic: losgadh m
Slovene: prižiganje n
Swedish: förbränning
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trans-top|physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise
Albanian: t-|sq|djegje|xs=Albanian
Dutch: branderigheid
Finnish: poltto
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trans-top|intense non-physical sting
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ttbc|Occitan: cremadura
ttbc|Romanian: arsur�
ttbc|Catalan: cremada
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Verb
en-verb|burns|burning|burnt or burned

1. intransitive To be consumed by fire, or at least in flames.

#: He watched the house burn.

1. intransitive To feel hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.

#: Her cheeks burned with shame.

1. context|intransitive|curling To accidentally touch a moving stone.
2. transitive ergative To cause to be consumed by fire.

#: He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.

1. transitive To injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals.

#: She burned the child with an iron, and was put in jail for ten years.

1. context|transitive|slang To betray.

#: The informant burned him.

1. context|transitive|computing To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.

#: We'll burn this program onto an E-PROM one hour before the demo begins.

1. transitive To waste (time).

#: We have an hour to burn.

1. context|transitive|slang To insult badly, leaving no possible comeback.

#: I just burned you again.

1. context|transitive|cards In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair.

Polish: pali� si�|pali�
Portuguese: queimar, pirar, arder
Russian: го�е�� (gor'ét'), п�ла�� (pylát')
Serbian: t|sr|goreti
Scottish Gaelic: loisg
Slovene: t+|sl|goreti
Spanish: t+|es|quemar, t-|es|arder
Sumerian t|sux|scXsux|��|trKA�Š�.KA�Š�
Swedish: brinna
Telugu: �ాల� (kaalu)
Norwegian: brenne
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trans-top|to feel hot
Czech: t-|cs|ho�et
Danish: brænde
Dutch: branden, gloeien
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Russian: го�е�� (gor'ét'), п�ла�� (pylát')
Swedish: brinna
Norwegian: brenne
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trans-top|to cause to be consumed by fire
Croatian: zapaliti; spaliti
Czech: t-|cs|pálit
Dutch: opbranden
Esperanto: bruligi
Finnish: t+|fi|polttaa
French: t+|fr|brûler
German: verbrennen
Hebrew: �שר�ף (lisrof)
Hungarian: éget, eléget
Italian: t+|it|bruciare, t-|it|ustionare
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Portuguese: queimar, atear fogo
Russian: же�� (že�), �жига�� (sžigát')
Scottish Gaelic: loisg
Slovene: zažgati
Swedish: t-|sv|bränna
Telugu: త��లబ����� (tagulabeTTu)
Vietnamese: ��t
Norwegian: brenne
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trans-top|to injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals
Croatian: ope�i
Dutch: verbranden
Esperanto: bruligi
Finnish: t+|fi|polttaa
French: t+|fr|brûler
German: verbrennen
Hungarian: megéget
Italian: t+|it|bruciare, t-|it|ustionare
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Portuguese: t+|pt|queimar
Russian: обжига��/обже�� (obžigát'/obžé�)
Scottish Gaelic: loisg
Telugu: �ాల��� (kaalcu)
Vietnamese: ��t
Norwegian: forbrenne
Spanish: t+|es|quemar
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trans-top|to betray
Dutch: verraden
Portuguese: t+|pt|queimar
Norwegian: foræde
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trans-top|to write data
Croatian: pržiti
Dutch: inbranden
Finnish: t+|fi|polttaa
German: t+|de|brennen
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Portuguese: t+|pt|queimar
Swedish: t-|sv|bränna
Norwegian: brenne
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trans-top|to waste (time)
Hebrew: �שר�ף (lisrof)
Telugu: త�ల����� (tagaleTTu)
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Vietnamese: t�n
Norwegian: brenne
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Albanian: djeg
ttbc|Aromanian: ardu
ttbc|Basque: erre
ttbc|Catalan: cremar
ttbc|Hungarian: ég
ttbc|Ido: kombustar, brular
ttbc|Korean: �� (ta-da), Hanja: ���� (yeonso-hada)
ttbc|Kurdish: sotin, �ewitîn
ttbc|Norwegian: brenne
ttbc|Rohingya: zalo
ttbc|Romanian: arde
ttbc|Slovak: horieť
ttbc|Telugu: మ�డ� (maMDu)
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trans-top|Translations to be checked (transitive)
ttbc|Kurdish: sotin, �ewitandin
ttbc|Occitan: cremar
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Related terms
rel-top|terms related to "burn"
Burn, baby, burn
burn in
burn out
burn through
burn up
burner
burnout
chemical burn
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first-degree burn
freezer burn
rugburn
carpet burn
second-degree burn
sideburns
sunburn
third-degree burn
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Etymology 2
From OE. term|born|langang, term|burne|langang||a spring, fountain.

Noun
en-noun

1. context|Scottish|Northern English|Geordie A stream.

Related terms
bourn

Etymology 3
From OE., cognate with G. term|Brunne||well|lang=de.

Noun
en-noun

1. brook, rivulet

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|a brook
Danish: t|da|bæk, t|da|strøm
Dutch: t|nl|beek
German: t+|de|Bach|m
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Norwegian: t|no|bekk, t|no|strøm
Russian: t-|ru|���ей|n|trruchey|scCyrl
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References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary
R:Websters
R:Northumberland 1880

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English ergative verbs
Category:English irregular verbs

Scots

Noun
sco-noun

1. A small river.

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