adj
Meaning 1
So hot as to seem to burn (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the burning sun
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ardent, live
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
burning
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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General-American: /ˈbɝnɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/
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Northumbria: /bɔːnɪn/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: B ER1 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Feeling very hot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- burning skin
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Feeling great passion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- her burning heart
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- burning zeal
- a burning passion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Being keenly discussed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a burning question; a burning issue
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
On fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
The act by which something burns or is burned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The burnings continued all day.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
The purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A fiery pain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
present participle and gerund of burn
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
the act of burning something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: combustion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change of integrity
Narrower terms: arson, incendiarism, fire-raising, ignition, firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation, incineration
noun
Meaning 13
a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: torture, torturing
noun
Meaning 14
execution by fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burning at the stake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
Narrower terms: auto-da-fe
noun
Meaning 15
execution by electricity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: electrocution
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
noun
Meaning 16
a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: combustion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oxidation, oxidization, oxidisation
Narrower terms: deflagration, fire, flame, flaming, internal combustion
noun
Meaning 17
pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burn
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pain, hurting
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, burn + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կիզիչ (kizičʻ) — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Bulgarian: горящ (gorjašt) — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Catalan: ardent — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Chinese Mandarin: 燃烧的 — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Ngazidja Comorian: -hali — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Czech: pálící — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Finnish: polttava — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- French: brûlant — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- French: ardent — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- German: brennend — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (funisks) — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Ancient Greek: φλόγινος (phlóginos) — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Hindi: ज्वलंत (jvalant) — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Latin: igneus — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Latin: flagrans — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Persian: سوزان (suzân) — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Portuguese: ardente — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Romanian: arzător — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Romanian: ardent — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Romanian: ferbinte — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Russian: горя́щий (gorjáščij) — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Spanish: ardiente — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Swedish: brännhet — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Swedish: brännande — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Ottoman Turkish: قیزغین (kızgın) — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Ottoman Turkish: سوزان (suzan) — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
- Bulgarian: горещ (gorešt) — feeling very hot
- Catalan: ardent — feeling very hot
- Chinese Mandarin: 灼热的 — feeling very hot
- Czech: pálivý (of nettle) — feeling very hot
- Finnish: palava — feeling very hot
- French: brûlant — feeling very hot
- Hebrew: לוֹהֵט (lohét) — feeling very hot
- Portuguese: ardente — feeling very hot
- Spanish: ardiente — feeling very hot
- Bulgarian: горещ (gorešt) — feeling great passion
- Catalan: ardent — feeling great passion
- Chinese Mandarin: 炽热的 — feeling great passion
- Czech: palčivý — feeling great passion
- Finnish: palava — feeling great passion
- Finnish: polttava — feeling great passion
- French: ardent — feeling great passion
- Portuguese: ardente — feeling great passion
- Spanish: ardiente — feeling great passion
- Finnish: polttava — being keenly discussed
- Esperanto: brulanta — on fire
- Finnish: palava — on fire
- Catalan: crema — act by which something burns or is burned
- Finnish: poltto — act by which something burns or is burned
- Finnish: polttaminen — act by which something burns or is burned
- Spanish: quema — act by which something burns or is burned
- Spanish: quemamiento — act by which something burns or is burned
- Swedish: bränning — act by which something burns or is burned
- Bulgarian: огън (ogǎn) — fire
- Bulgarian: горене (gorene) — fire
- Finnish: palo — fire
- Finnish: palaminen — fire
- French: brûlage — fire
- Galician: lume — fire
- Galician: queima — fire
- German: Verbrennung — fire
- Greek: καύση (káfsi) — fire
- Hebrew: שריפה (srefa) — fire
- Hebrew: דליקה (dleka) — fire
- Plautdietsch: Braunt — fire
- Portuguese: queima — fire
- Quechua: rawray — fire
- Romanian: ardere — fire
- Tocharian B: pälśalñe — fire
- Albanian: zhur — fiery pain
- Finnish: polte — fiery pain
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