Burning

ahd-5
  • adjective. Marked by flames or intense heat.
  • adjective. Characterized by intense emotion; passionate.
  • adjective. Of immediate import; urgent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or process of consuming by fire.
  • noun. In metal-working, the act or process of uniting metallic surfaces by fusing them together, or by running molten metal of the same kind between them.
  • noun. In ceramics, the final firing, as for glazing, fixing the colors, or the like: used somewhat loosely.
  • Scorching; hot: as, the burning sands of the Sahara.
  • Powerful; strong; vehement; ardent.
  • Causing excitement, ardor, or enthusiasm; enchaining or demanding attention.
  • Synonyms Blazing, flaming, scorching, fiery, hot.
  • noun. Oxidation of iron by keeping it too long at a welding heat.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
  • adjective. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
  • adjective. an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry.
  • noun. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.
  • noun. any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol.
  • noun. a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus.
  • noun. the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites.
  • noun. a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of burn.
  • adjective. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
  • adjective. Feeling very hot.
  • adjective. Feeling great passion.
  • noun. A fire.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of immediate import
  • noun. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
  • noun. execution by electricity
  • noun. a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
  • noun. the act of burning something
  • noun. execution by fire
  • noun. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
  • Word Usage
    "(_the burning of the body_), 3015; instr.sg. by hine ne mōston ... bronde forbærnan (_could not bestow upon him the solemn burning_), 2127; hæfde landwara līge befangen, bǣle and bronde, _with glow, fire, and flame_,"
    cross-reference
    ardent  
    Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-stem
    burn