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— English words —

• burn n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
• burn n. A sensation resembling such an injury.
• burn n. The act of burning something with fire.
• burn n. (Slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
• burn n. (Slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
• burn n. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
• burn n. (Uncountable, UK, chiefly prison slang) Tobacco.
• burn n. (Computing) The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
• burn n. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
• burn n. (Uncountable) A disease in vegetables; brand.
• burn n. (Aerospace) The firing of a spacecraft’s rockets in order to change its course.
• burn v. (Transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
• burn v. (Intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
• burn v. (Transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
• burn v. (Intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
• burn v. (Transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
• burn v. (Transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
• burn v. (Transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
• burn v. (Transitive, intransitive) To sunburn.
• burn v. (Transitive) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect…
• burn v. (Intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
• burn v. (Chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat;…
• burn v. (Chemistry, dated) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
• burn v. (Transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
• burn v. (Transitive, computing, by extension) To render subtitles into a video’s content while transcoding it…
• burn v. (Transitive, slang) To betray.
• burn v. (Transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
• burn v. (Transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
• burn v. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
• burn v. (Intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
• burn v. (Transitive, card games) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
• burn v. (Photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
• burn v. (Intransitive, physics, of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction…
• burn v. (Intransitive, slang, card games, gambling) To discard.
• burn v. (Transitive, slang) To shoot someone with a firearm.
• burn v. (Transitive, espionage) To compromise (an agent’s cover story).
• burn v. (Transitive, espionage) To blackmail.
• burn n. (Northern England, Scotland) A stream.
• Burn prop.n. A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5928).
• Burn prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Nyunga
  • burn n. Wood.
• Scots
  • burn n. A small river.
• Scottish gaelic
  • bùrn n. Water.

— English words, defined in German —

• burn S. Verbrannte Stelle.
• burn S. Brandwunde, Brandmal.
• burn S. Schottisch: Bach.
• burn V. Brennen, verbrennen, in Flammen stehen, in Brand geraten.
• burn V. Entbrennen, darauf brennen.
• burn V. Anbrennen, verbrennen, versengen.
• burn V. Brennen (Gesicht, Zunge, etc).
• burn V. Verbrannt werden, in den Flammen umkommen.
• burn V. Brennen, verbrennen.
• burn V. Verbrennen, anbrennen, versengen, durch Feuer verletzen, durch Hitze verletzen.
• burn V. (Eine CD, Porzellan, Holzkohle, Ziegel) brennen.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• burn n. Brandplek, brandwond, verbranding.
• burn n. (Figuurlijk) snedige opmerking, geestig bedoelde belediging van iemand.
• burn w. Branden, verbranden.

— English words, defined in French —

• burn n. Brûlure.
• burn n. (Argot) Insulte pointue, remarque méchante, vanne.
• burn n. (Écosse, nord de l’Angleterre, « Geordie ») Courant (d’eau).
• burn n. (Geordie) Ruisselet.
• burn v. Brûler, être en feu.
• burn v. S’allumer.
• burn v. Brûler.
• burn v. (Informatique) Graver (un CD, un DVD…).
• Burn n.prop. (Géographie) Paroisse civile d’Angleterre située dans le district de Selby.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• burn v. Quemar, prender fuego.
• burn v. Quemarse, arder, consumirse.
• burn v. Quemarse, achicharrarse, tostarse.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• burn v. Queimar.
• burn v. (Informática⚠) queimar (gravar).

— In French —

• burn n.m. (Sport mécanique) Figure acrobatique consistant à faire…
• Burn n.prop. (Géographie) Paroisse civile d’Angleterre située dans…

214 English words from 43 English definitions

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27 English words from 30 foreign definitions

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66 foreign words from 30 foreign definitions

achicharrarse acrobatique allumer anbrennen Angleterre bedoelde belediging Brandmal Brandplek brandwond Brandwunde brennen Brûler Brûlure civile consumirse darauf durch Écosse Entbrennen être être␣en␣feu Feuer Figuurlijk Flammen fuego geestig Géographie geraten Gesicht gravar Hitze Holzkohle iemand in␣Flammen␣stehen Informática Informatique Insulte mécanique méchante nord opmerking Paroisse Paroisse␣civile pointue Porzellan queimar Quemar Quemarse Ruisselet située Sport␣mécanique stehen tostarse umkommen vanne verbranden verbranding Verbrannt Verbrannte verbrennen verletzen versengen werden Ziegel Zunge

273 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

burn'd burne Burne burns Burns burnt burny Burnam burned burner Burner burnet Burnet Burney burnie Burnie burn-in burnin' burn␣in burnou burnup burn␣up Burnaby Burnage Burnams Burnamy Burnand burn␣bag Burnden Burnell burners Burners burnest burneth burnets Burnett Burnham burnies burning burnish Burnley burnoff burn␣off burnous burnout burn␣out burn␣pit Burnsed burns␣up burnt␣up +223 words

378 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

alburns Amburns auburns caburns Coburns inburns inburnt Ogburns Ozburns Pyburns Raburns reburns reburnt Ryburns unburns unburnt Wyburns alburnum Ashburns Ausburns Camburns CD␣burner Cleburne Clyburns Cogburns Colburns eburnate eburnean eburnine Hilburns Kilburns laburnum Liburnia McBurney McBurnie Meaburns Milburns mowburns mowburnt Newburns Orsburns outburns outburnt preburns Rayburns reburned Redburns Reyburns rugburns sunburns +328 words

185 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

aburn alburn Amburn auburn Auburn caburn Caburn Coburn inburn Naburn Ogburn Ozburn Pyburn Raburn reburn Ryburn to␣burn Tyburn unburn Woburn Wyburn Ashburn Ausburn Big␣Burn Bowburn Camburn Cliburn Clyburn Cogburn Colburn dadburn dad␣burn forburn Gisburn Harburn Hebburn Hepburn Heyburn Hilburn ice␣burn Kilburn Ledburn Leyburn Lisburn Meaburn Milburn Minburn mowburn Newburn nonburn +135 words

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bur Bur bur- urn URN

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

rub RUB

43 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

aburn Bornu bourn Bourn Braun Broun Bruen Bruhn bruin Bruin Brune brung Bruni Brunk Brunn Bruno brunt Brunt buran Buran Buren burin Burin burn'd burne Burne burns Burns burnt burny buron Buryn NURBS Rabun Ruben rubin Rubin rub␣in run␣by unabr. unbar urban Urban

22 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

brn BRN bru Bru bun Bun BUN bur Bur bur- NBR NRB nub nur Nur RnB R'n'B rub RUB run urn URN

43 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

barn Bern born Buin bunn Bunn Bura burb 'burb burd Burd bure Bure burg Burg -burg burh Buri burk Burk burl Burl buro burp burr Burr burs Burs Burt Buru bury Bury -bury Byrn durn gurn Hurn nurn ourn our'n rurn turn Zurn

10 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

brn BRN bun Bun BUN bur Bur bur- urn URN

9 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

bourn Bourn buran Buran Buren burin Burin buron Buryn

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