Burning
['bɜːnɪŋ] or ['bɝnɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of burning something; 'the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance'.
(noun.) a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin.
(noun.) execution by fire.
(adj.) of immediate import; 'burning issues of the day' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burn
(a.) That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
(a.) Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fiery, flaming, hot, scorching.[2]. Glowing, ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, intense, earnest.[3]. Vehement, powerful.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ARDENT]
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Examples
- I've spoilt her, said he, taking her from me with good humour, and kissing her little hot face and burning lips. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was burning a light, but I see none now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No, sir,' returned Bella, with a burning face, 'you have said more than enough. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sons of white fathers, with all our haughty feelings burning in their veins, will not always be bought and sold and traded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Stimulated either by this compliment, or by her burning indignation, that illustrious woman then added, 'Let him meet it if he can! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The draught is maintained by placing the apparatus on a couple of bricks, and regulated by closing the intervening space with mud, leaving only a sufficient aperture to keep the fire burning. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- His soul was filled with her burning recognition, he seemed to grow more uppish and lordly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The candle was burning low in the socket when he rose to his feet. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Burning completed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is burning weather. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr. Jackson, shifting himself slightly in his chair, turned a tranquil gaze on the young man's burning face. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Eustacia turned, entered the house, and ascended to the front bedroom, where a shaded light was burning. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Rosamond's cheeks by this time were persistently burning, and she felt much mortification. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She had enveloped both Will and Rosamond in her burning scorn, and it seemed to her as if Rosamond were burned out of her sight forever. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is said that in 1664 Sir John Winter of England made coke by burning sea coal in closed pots. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Let us have no more troubles and heart-burnings that any sacrifice of mine can prevent. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And in those tears they all shed together, the high and the lowly, melted away all the heart-burnings and anger of the oppressed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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