Burn
Definitions
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A large stream. Northern-England, Scotland
- A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5928).
- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- A sensation resembling such an injury.
- A river in Dartmoor, Devon, England, a tributary of the River Tavy.
- The act of burning something with fire.
- A short river in Norfolk, England, which flows into the North Sea.
- An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- A river in North Yorkshire, England, a tributary of the River Ure.
- An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
- A surname.
- Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
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Tobacco. UK, slang, uncountable
- The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
- A disease in vegetables; brand.
- The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
Equivalents
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اردوجلانا
O'zbekchayoqmoq
Examples
“She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.”
“He burnt his hand in the fire.”
“chili burn from eating hot peppers”
“They’re doing a controlled burn of the fields.”
“One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn.”
“One and, two and, keep⟳ moving; feel⟳ the burn!”
“TOM: I’m serious bruv. Put⟳ my burn and lighter and all that in my jeans please⟳ and give⟳ them here, then press⟳ the cell bell.”
““Any of you want⟳ to borrow some burn,” asked a scarred inmate known as Bull.”
“It was like⟳ no one was looking out for me, and the older kids used to take⟳ the piss ...they were always threatening me and taking my burn [tobacco][…]”
“As the prison week ended and the less careful inmates began to run⟳ out of burn they went through a peculiar begging ritual that I, never one to husband resources either, was quick to learn⟳.”
“Allow⟳ additional burns enables you to create⟳ a multisession CD, which can be used again to write⟳ more data.”
“They have⟳ a good burn.”
“On 4 March⟳ 1999, the MCO performed its second course correction manoeuvre with a burn involving its four thrusters […]”
“This darksome burn, horseback brown, / His rollrock highroad roaring down, / In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam / Flutes and low to the lake falls home.”
“He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a burn, and smoke⟳ innumerable pipes to the tune⟳ of the water on the stones.”
“At this place⟳, the clay in the 52 ft. embankment had been under water pressure for some weeks before the water level could be lowered, and the burn diverted through a temporary culvert.”
“When it was too heavy rain⟳ the burn ran very high and wide and ye could never jump⟳ it.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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