Burning

/bɜːnɪŋ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Burning

verb

  1. To cause to be consumed by fire.

    "He burned his manuscript in the fireplace."

  2. To be consumed by fire, or in flames.

    "He watched the house burn."

  3. To overheat so as to make unusable.

    "He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel."

  4. To become overheated to the point of being unusable.

    "The grill was too hot and the steak burned."

  5. To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.

    "to burn a hole;  to burn letters into a block"

noun

  1. The act by which something burns or is burned.
  2. A fire.

    "The burnings continued all day."

adjective

  1. So hot as to seem to burn (something).

    "the burning sun"

  2. Feeling very hot.

    "burning skin"

  3. Feeling great passion.

    "her burning heart"

  4. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.

    "burning zeal"

  5. Being keenly discussed.

    "a burning question; a burning issue"

Anagrams of Burning

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