noun
Meaning 1
Misspelling of burnup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
burn up
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verb
Meaning 2
To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Near-synonyms: go up in smoke; see also Thesaurus:combust
- The rocket may burn up on reentry.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: go up in smoke, catch on fire, catch fire, combust, conflagrate, fire, go up in flames, ignite, light, spunk, take fire
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To destroy by burning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To anger; to annoy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Near-synonyms: incense; see also Thesaurus:enrage, Thesaurus:annoy
- His thoughtlessness really burns me up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incense, affront, aggravate, anger, antagonize, awrath, burn up, cheese off, cross, embitter, envenom, gall, get, get to, honk off, inflame, infuriate, madden, make angry, nark, offend, outrage, provoke, put out, rankle, rile, piss off, roil, set off, steam, tick off, get one's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, make someone see red, make someone's blood boil, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, raise someone's shag, rattle someone's cage, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, set up someone's birse, annoy, nettle, ruffle, sting, bother, disgruntle, botherate, bug, grate, bedevil, devil, exasperate, frustrate, get up, grotch, hack off, hassle, irk, irritate, jazz, molest, mommick, nerve, pee off, peeve, peeve off, persecute, pique, rile up, storm, test someone's patience, trouble, try one's patience, vex, wind up, Idioms:, boil someone's piss, chap someone's hide, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's tits, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's nanny, get someone's nanny-goat, get under one's goat, get under someone's skin, give someone the shits, grind one's gears, harsh one's mellow, rub someone the wrong way, rub up the wrong way, ruffle someone's feathers, tee off, torque off
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To be angry or annoyed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To be or feel overly hot or inflamed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Near-synonyms: steam, swelter
- It's the middle of summer; I know it's going to be burning up outside.
- Now that we've been walking awhile, I'm burning up in this coat! Time to take it off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: steam, swelter
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To be or feel overly hot or inflamed.
To experience a high fever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, specifically
Examples
- She felt the child's forehead and discovered that he was burning up!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: steam, swelter
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To ride a motorcycle or other vehicle at high speed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finishing strongly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: roll out, burn out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The hut burned down
- The mountain of paper went up in flames
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn down, go up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: burn, combust
Narrower terms: incinerate
verb
Meaning 11
use up (energy)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- burn off calories through vigorous exercise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn off, burn
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
verb
Meaning 12
burn brightly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Every star seemed to flare with new intensity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flare, flame up, blaze up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: burn, combust
History
Etymology
From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Cornish: kowlleski — catch fire and burn until destroyed
- Ancient Greek: καταφλέγομαι (kataphlégomai) — catch fire and burn until destroyed
- Hungarian: elég — catch fire and burn until destroyed
- Polish: popalić się — catch fire and burn until destroyed
- Ottoman Turkish: یانمق (yanmak) — catch fire and burn until destroyed
- Ancient Greek: καταφλέγω (kataphlégō) — destroy by burning
- Hungarian: eléget — destroy by burning
- Old English: onǣlan — destroy by burning
- Polish: popalić — destroy by burning