"burnt" 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"

"burnt" in the adjective sense

1. burned, burnt

ruined by overcooking

"she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits"

2. burned, burnt

treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point

"burnt sienna"

3. 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"

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