Burn
/bɜːn/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Burn
noun
- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
"She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire."
- A sensation resembling such an injury.
"chili burn from eating hot peppers"
- The act of burning something with fire.
"They're doing a controlled burn of the fields."
- An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
verb
- To cause to be consumed by fire.
"He burned his manuscript in the fireplace."
- To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
"He watched the house burn."
- To overheat so as to make unusable.
"He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel."
- To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
"The grill was too hot and the steak burned."
- To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
"to burn a hole; to burn letters into a block"