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burning

/bɜːnɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To cause to be consumed by fire.
  2. To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
  3. To overheat so as to make unusable.
  4. To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
  5. To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
  6. To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
  7. The act by which something burns or is burned.
  8. A fire.
  9. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
  10. Feeling very hot.
  11. Feeling great passion.
  12. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
  13. Being keenly discussed.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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