"burned" in the verb sense
1. burn, fire, burn down
destroy by fire
"They burned the house and his diaries"
2. burn, glow
shine intensely, as if with heat
"The coals were glowing in the dark"
"The candles were burning"
3. burn, combust
undergo combustion
"Maple wood burns well"
4. bite, sting, burn
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
"The sun burned his face"
5. burn, combust
cause to burn or combust
"The sun burned off the fog"
"We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
6. burn
feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
"She was burning with anger"
"He was burning to try out his new skies"
7. burn, incinerate
cause to undergo combustion
"burn garbage"
"The car burns only Diesel oil"
8. burn
execute by tying to a stake and setting alight
"Witches were burned in Salem"
9. burn
spend (significant amounts of money
"He has money to burn"
10. burn
feel hot or painful
"My eyes are burning"
11. cauterize, cauterise, burn
burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
"The surgeon cauterized the wart"
12. sunburn, burn
get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
13. cut, burn
create by duplicating data
"cut a disk"
"burn a CD"
14. burn off, burn, burn up
use up (energy
"burn off calories through vigorous exercise"
15. burn
damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
"The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
"burned" in the adjective sense
1. burned, burnt
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
"burnt sienna"
2. burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out
destroyed or badly damaged by fire
"a row of burned houses"
"a charred bit of burnt wood"
"a burned-over site in the forest"
"barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"
3. burned, burnt
ruined by overcooking
"she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits"
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