verb
Meaning 1
To dissipate as the result of heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn away, burn up
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
burn off
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
verb
Meaning 2
To cause to dissipate by applying heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn away, burn up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To dispose of (unusable explosive natural gas from an oil well) by burning it as it emerges from the well.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Qualifier: oil industry
Examples
- Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn away, burn up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To fail due to overheating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
Examples
- Near-synonym: burn up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To fill (low-value air time) with programming not suitable for its original purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To expend energy resulting from metabolizing food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn away, burn up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To use up a resource in a nonproductive manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Near-synonym: burn through
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn through
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
to cause to waste energy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To speed past (someone), such as in a race, especially when first starting off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The other competitors were way behind, having been burned off at the starting line.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
clear land of its vegetation by burning it off
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: denude, bare, denudate, strip
verb
Meaning 11
use up (energy)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- burn off calories through vigorous exercise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn, burn up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.