burning
Adjective:
- Characterized by or causing combustion: Describes something that is on fire or actively undergoing combustion.
- Intense; passionate; urgent: Describes a feeling, desire, or issue that is extremely strong, fervent, or of immediate importance.
Noun:
- The act or process of something being consumed by fire: The event of combustion.
- A sensation of intense heat or pain: A feeling as if caused by fire.
- An execution method involving fire or electricity: Capital punishment by burning or electrocution.
- A form of torture using heat: Inflicting pain by applying hot objects to the skin.
Adjective:
- The firefighters approached the burning building cautiously. (Describing a structure on fire.)
- She had a burning ambition to become a doctor. (Describing an intense, passionate desire.)
- Climate change is a burning issue for our generation. (Describing an urgent, critical matter.)
Noun:
- The burning of the old documents took several hours. (Referring to the act of incineration.)
- He felt a burning in his throat after eating the spicy food. (Referring to a hot, painful sensation.)
- In some historical periods, heretics faced death by burning. (Referring to execution by fire.)
"Burning question": A question that someone is very eager or anxious to have answered.
- The burning question on everyone's mind was who would be the new CEO.
"Burning desire": An extremely strong and passionate wish.
- He had a burning desire to travel the world.
"Burning with": To be filled with a very strong emotion.
- She was burning with curiosity about the secret letter.
Burn (verb/noun): The base form meaning to be on fire or to destroy by fire.
- Verb: Paper burns easily. Noun: He suffered a burn on his hand.
Burner (noun): A device that produces a flame (e.g., on a stove).
- Turn off the gas burner.
Burnable (adjective): Capable of being burned.
- Burnable waste should be separated from recyclables.
- Adjective (intense): Ardent, fervent, passionate, urgent, critical.
- Noun (combustion): Combustion, conflagration, fire, incineration.
- Noun (pain): Sting, smarting, soreness.
Burn down: To destroy completely by fire.
- The old factory burned down last night.
Burn out: To stop functioning from overheating; to become exhausted from overwork.
- The engine burned out. / Many healthcare workers are burning out.
Burn up: To be consumed by flames; to make someone very angry.
- The satellite will burn up upon re-entry. / His rude comments really burned me up.
Burn the midnight oil: To work or study late into the night.
- She had to burn the midnight oil to finish her thesis.
Burn your bridges: To destroy relationships or opportunities, making it impossible to return to a previous situation.
- By insulting his boss, he burned his bridges at the company.
Have money to burn: To have so much money that you can spend it carelessly.
- He buys a new car every year; he must have money to burn.
- of immediate import
- burning issues of the day
- a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
- execution by fire
- execution by electricity
- a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- the act of burning something
- the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance