What is the meaning of burn?

noun

• Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire.
  • synonyms: burning
• A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun.
  • synonyms: tan, suntan, sunburn
• An injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation.
• A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body.
  • synonyms: burn mark
• Damage inflicted by fire.

verb

• Destroy by fire.
  • usage: "They burned the house and his diaries"
  • synonyms: fire, burn down
• Shine intensely, as if with heat.
  • usage: "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"
  • synonyms: glow
• Undergo combustion.
  • usage: "Maple wood burns well"
  • synonyms: combust
• Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.
  • usage: "The sun burned his face"
  • synonyms: bite, sting
• Cause to burn or combust.
  • usage: "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
  • synonyms: combust
• Feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion.
  • usage: "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"
• Cause to undergo combustion.
  • usage: "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
  • synonyms: incinerate
• Burn at the stake.
  • usage: "Witches were burned in Salem"
• Spend (significant amounts of money. )
  • usage: "He has money to burn"
• Feel hot or painful.
  • usage: "My eyes are burning"
• Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent.
  • usage: "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
  • synonyms: cauterize, cauterise
• Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun.
  • synonyms: sunburn
• Create by duplicating data.
  • usage: "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
  • synonyms: cut
• Use up (energy. )
  • usage: "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"
  • synonyms: burn off, burn up
• Burn with heat, fire, or radiation.
  • usage: "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"