burn up

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burn up

The campfire will burn up quickly if we add more dry wood.

Definition
  1. Verb (transitive or intransitive):
    • To be completely consumed or destroyed by fire: To burn until nothing remains.
    • To use up or deplete (energy, calories, resources): To expend something completely, often through vigorous activity.
    • To burn or shine brightly and intensely: To emit a strong, often sudden, light or heat.
Usage and Examples

  • To be consumed by fire:

    • The spacecraft will burn up upon re-entering the Earth's atmosphere.
    • We watched the entire stack of old letters burn up in the fireplace.

  • To use up energy:

    • That intense workout really burned up a lot of calories.
    • The old air conditioner burns up too much electricity.

  • To burn brightly:

    • The meteor burned up in a brilliant flash across the night sky.
    • The coals burned up as we added more wood to the fire.
Advanced Usage and Nuances
  • "to burn up with anger/jealousy": To be filled with a very strong, consuming emotion.
    • He was burning up with jealousy when he saw his rival succeed.
  • Often implies a process of complete consumption or a high-intensity event, rather than a slow or partial burn.
Variants and Related Words
  • Burn down (phrasal verb): To be destroyed by fire, typically referring to a structure (e.g., ). "Burn up" emphasizes the material being consumed; "burn down" emphasizes the structure collapsing.
  • Burn off (phrasal verb): To remove or get rid of something by burning, or to use energy through exercise (e.g., ).
  • Combust (verb): A more technical synonym for catch fire or burn.
  • Incinerate (verb): To destroy something, especially waste material, by burning it to ashes.
Synonyms
  • Consume: To use up or destroy, especially by fire.
  • Devorate: To eat up or consume destructively (often used figuratively).
  • Flare: To burn or shine with a sudden, bright light.
  • Expend: To use up (a resource).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Burn out: To stop functioning because of overheating, or to become exhausted from overwork.
    • If you don't take a break, you'll burn out.
  • Burn through: To use something (like money or fuel) quickly and carelessly.
    • They burned through their inheritance in a year.
Related Idioms
  • Burn the candle at both ends: To overwork oneself by doing too much, especially by staying up late and getting up early.
    • You'll get sick if you keep burning the candle at both ends.
  • Burn one's bridges: To destroy one's path, connections, or opportunities, making it impossible to return to a previous state.
    • By insulting his boss, he completely burned his bridges at the company.
burn up

The campfire will burn up quickly if we add more dry wood.

Verb
  1. burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
    • The hut burned down
    • The mountain of paper went up in flames
  2. use up (energy)
    • burn off calories through vigorous exercise
  3. burn brightly
    • Every star seemed to flare with new intensity

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