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burned

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːnd/
  • General-American: /ˈbɝnd/
  • Northumbria: /bɔːnd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

2

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

ruined by overcooking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: burnt

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

destroyed or badly damaged by fire

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a row of burned houses
  • a charred bit of burnt wood
  • a burned-over site in the forest
  • barricaded the street with burnt-out cars

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

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.

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