adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbɜːnd/
General-American:/ˈbɝnd/
Northumbria:/bɔːnd/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nd
CMU ARPABET:B ER1 N D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Damaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of burn
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
burnt sienna
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burnt
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
The past tense is inherited from Middle English burnede. The past participle (from which the adjective is also derived) is inherited from Middle English burned. Synchronically, both forms are equivalent to burn + -ed.