Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrénuh₁e-?
Proto-Germanic *brinnaną
Proto-West Germanic *brinnan
Old English biernan
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Proto-Germanic *brinnaną
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *brannijaną
Proto-West Germanic *brannijan
Old English bærnan
Old Norse brennabor.
Middle English brennen
English burn
From late Middle English burne, birne, metathetic form of brinne, brynne, a variant of brennen, from Old Norse brinna, brenna (“to burn”), from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-, present stem from *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil”). Doublet of brew.
The late metathesis of East Midland brin- to birn- (and subsequently burn-) parallels the phonological development of bird and dirt from brid and drit. As this metathetic form became the Chancery Standard, it displaced the semantic functions and weak conjugation paradigm of the native Old English bærnan (weak), alongside the surviving remnants of byrnan (strong).
Cognates
Cognate with Cimbrian prönnan (“to burn”), Dutch barnen, branden (“to burn”), German brinnen (“to burn”), Luxembourgish brennen (“to burn”), Vilamovian brīn (“to burn”), Yiddish ברענען (brenen, “to burn”), Danish brænde (“to burn”), Faroese and Icelandic brenna (“to burn”), Norwegian Bokmål brenne (“to burn”), Norwegian Nynorsk brenna, brenne (“to burn”), Swedish brinna (“to burn”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (brinnan, “to burn”); also Cornish bros (“blazing, boiling”), Irish bruth (“heat; eruption; surf”), Welsh brwd (“eager, keen; passionate, zealous”), Latin defrutum (“grape must reduced by boiling”), Ancient Greek πορφύρω (porphúrō, “to boil, heave”), Albanian burth (“Cyclamen hederifolium; mouth burning”), Armenian աղբյուր (aġbyur, “fountain, spring”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurvan, “runnel, spring”). More at brew.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
He burnt his hand with acid.
(countable, uncountable) A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. ▸ A mark left behind by a burn; a scorch or scar caused by a burn.
the burn scar on his face
Cut the cigarette burn out from the fabric.
(countable, uncountable) A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. ▸ An abrasion resembling a burn.
carpet burn, rope burn, rug burn, turf burn
(uncountable) A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. ▸ A disease in vegetables, which causes discoloration that looks like a burn.
(countable, uncountable) A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin.
The burn of these habanero peppers is exquisite.
I dread the burn of the disinfectant where it enters an open wound.
The burn in my eyes was caused by that bright light.
(countable, uncountable) A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin. ▸ A physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by a build-up of lactic acid.
One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn in your thighs!
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin. ▸ Anger, especially slowly mounting in intensity.
The burn of anger remained in him.
a slow burn
(countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable) A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin. ▸ An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
(countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable) A sensation resembling an injury from heat or an analogous force; the quality or nature of a burning sensation caused by capsaicin. ▸ An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult. ▸ An effective insult, especially a clever or funny one.
sick burn
(countable, uncountable) The act or action of burning something with fire, or by analogous means; the quality or nature of an act of burning.
You want an even burn on your cigarette.
We went to the burn site to examine the evidence.
They’re doing a monitored burn of the fields.
One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
(countable, uncountable) The act or action of burning something with fire, or by analogous means; the quality or nature of an act of burning. ▸ The act of using a controlled burn to reduce wildfire risk through use of low-intensity fires to eliminate fuel; a prescribed burn.
The burn will reduce the risk of a forest fire in the fall.
(countable, uncountable) The act or action of burning something with fire, or by analogous means; the quality or nature of an act of burning. ▸ The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
They have a good burn.
(countable, uncountable) The act or action of burning something with fire, or by analogous means; the quality or nature of an act of burning. ▸ The firing of a spacecraft's rockets in order to change its course.
On 4 March 1999, the MCO performed its second course correction manoeuvre with a burn involving its four thrusters […] 2004, David Baker, Jane's Space Directory, page 529:
(UK, metonymically, slang, uncountable) The act or action of burning something with fire, or by analogous means; the quality or nature of an act of burning. ▸ Tobacco.
It was like no one was looking out for me, and the older kids used to take the piss ...they were always threatening me and taking my burn [tobacco][…] 2006, Peter Squires, editor, Community Safety: Critical Perspectives on Policy and Practice, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 23:
TOM: I’m serious bruv. Put my burn and lighter and all that in my jeans please and give them here, then press the cell bell. 2002, Tom Wickham, “A Day In The Wrong Life”, in Julian Broadhead, Laura Kerr, editors, Prison Writing, 16th edition, Waterside Press, →ISBN, page 26:
As the prison week ended and the less careful inmates began to run out of burn they went through a peculiar begging ritual that I, never one to husband resources either, was quick to learn. 2010, Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles:
“Any of you want to borrow some burn,” asked a scarred inmate known as Bull. 2006, S. Drake, A Cry for Help, Chipmunkapublishing ltd, →ISBN, Chapter 7, page 94:
(countable, uncountable) The act or action of burning something with fire, or by analogous means; the quality or nature of an act of burning. ▸ The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
Allow additional burns enables you to create a multisession CD, which can be used again to write more data. 2003, Maria Langer, Mac OS X 10.2 Advanced, page 248:
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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrénuh₁e-?
Proto-Germanic *brinnaną
Proto-West Germanic *brinnan
Old English biernan
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Proto-Germanic *brinnaną
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *brannijaną
Proto-West Germanic *brannijan
Old English bærnan
Old Norse brennabor.
Middle English brennen
English burn
From late Middle English burne, birne, metathetic form of brinne, brynne, a variant of brennen, from Old Norse brinna, brenna (“to burn”), from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-, present stem from *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil”). Doublet of brew.
The late metathesis of East Midland brin- to birn- (and subsequently burn-) parallels the phonological development of bird and dirt from brid and drit. As this metathetic form became the Chancery Standard, it displaced the semantic functions and weak conjugation paradigm of the native Old English bærnan (weak), alongside the surviving remnants of byrnan (strong).
Cognates
Cognate with Cimbrian prönnan (“to burn”), Dutch barnen, branden (“to burn”), German brinnen (“to burn”), Luxembourgish brennen (“to burn”), Vilamovian brīn (“to burn”), Yiddish ברענען (brenen, “to burn”), Danish brænde (“to burn”), Faroese and Icelandic brenna (“to burn”), Norwegian Bokmål brenne (“to burn”), Norwegian Nynorsk brenna, brenne (“to burn”), Swedish brinna (“to burn”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (brinnan, “to burn”); also Cornish bros (“blazing, boiling”), Irish bruth (“heat; eruption; surf”), Welsh brwd (“eager, keen; passionate, zealous”), Latin defrutum (“grape must reduced by boiling”), Ancient Greek πορφύρω (porphúrō, “to boil, heave”), Albanian burth (“Cyclamen hederifolium; mouth burning”), Armenian աղբյուր (aġbyur, “fountain, spring”), Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurvan, “runnel, spring”). More at brew.
Meanings
(intransitive) To be consumed by fire or in flames.
The wood will not burn well because it is wet.
He watched the house burn.
Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:
(intransitive) To be consumed by fire or in flames. ▸ To contain a fire or coals.
The wood stove was burning, giving off plenty of heat.
The campfire died down, but it's still burning enough to feel some warmth through the night.
(intransitive) To be consumed by fire or in flames. ▸ To become overheated to the point of being unusable; to become scorched.
The grill was too hot and the steak burned.
(intransitive) To be consumed by fire or in flames. ▸ To be executed by an electric chair.
In this state, he could burn for his crimes.
(intransitive) To be consumed by fire or in flames. ▸ To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
In ſlumbers oft for fere I quake / For hete & cold I burne & ſhake / For lake of ſlepe my hede dothe ake / What menys thys a. 1542, Thomas Wyatt, “What menythe thys” in the Devonshire Manuscript, folio 12 verso
The child’s forehead was burning with fever. Her cheeks burned with shame.
(figuratively, intransitive) To be consumed by fire or in flames. ▸ To approach near to a concealed object which is sought, especially in certain games; to be so near as to be figuratively burnt by a hidden target.
Not being accustomed to make fine distinctions, or to appreciate magnanimity, they read his letters and speeches as if they read them not. They were not aware when they approached a heroic statement,—they did not know when they burned. 1860, Henry David Thoreau, The Last Days of John Brown:
You’re cold… warm… hot… you’re burning!
(US, figuratively, intransitive) To be consumed by fire or in flames. ▸ To desire or ache for (something); to be intense, as a desire.
I burn for her touch.
Her need for a new life burned within her.
He tried to get over it, but he burned for revenge against those who wronged him.
(intransitive, of an element) To be consumed by fire or in flames. ▸ To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star; to undergo nuclear fusion or nuclear fission.
(ambitransitive) To warm (something); to put off intense heat; to be hot.
The heat from the open oven burned the air around me.
The burning sand hurt my feet.
The sun's rays burned hot today.
(ambitransitive, figuratively) To warm (something); to put off intense heat; to be hot. ▸ To give off light; to be lit up; to shine so bright as to seem to harm (something).
I knew that if a light was burning I should be able to see the window lit up from the yard at the back, although the gas itself would be out of sight. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
That bulb has been burning for years.
The spotlight burned my eyes.
(ambitransitive) To warm (something); to put off intense heat; to be hot. ▸ To sunburn.
The harsh summer sun burned his skin.
She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned.
(ambitransitive, figuratively) To warm (something); to put off intense heat; to be hot. ▸ To irritate; to be or become angry or upset.
After you said that, she was burning all afternoon.
That really burns me up.
Your comments got him burning.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames.
They haue ſlayne my baylye⸝ and diſtroyed the houſes of my men⸝ banyſſhed and chaſed away myne offycers, and brent yͤ houſe in the worlde that I loued beſt. 1523 February 7 (Gregorian calendar), Johan Froyssart [i.e., Jean Froissart], “Howe The Englysshmen that were Sent in to Bretayne⸝ were Tourmented on the See: And Howe the Gaũtoise Desyred to haue the Erle of Flaunders Their Lorde⸝ to Cõe Dwell in Their Towne of Gaunt”, in Here Begynneth the First Volum of Sir Johan Froyssart: Of the Cronycles of Englande⸝ Fraunce⸝ Spayne⸝ Portyngale⸝ Scotlande⸝ Bretayne⸝ Flañders: And Other Places Adioynynge. […], 1st volume, London: […] Richarde Pynson⸝ […], →OCLC; reprinted as The First Volum of Sir Johan Froyssart of the Chronycles of Englande⸝ Fraunce⸝ Spayne (The English Experience […]; no. 257), Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, 1970, →ISBN, folio ccxxxiii, recto:
On July 1, 1402, when the Prince of Yen reached P’u-k’ou (in Kiangsu), Sheng Yung and his imperial troops attacked him and attempted to burn his boats.⁹⁶ 1976, David B. Chan, “The Fall of Nanking”, in The Usurpation of the Prince of Yen, 1398-1402 (Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Center, Inc. Occasional Series), number 7, San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center, Inc., →OCLC, page 83:
I've never been on top of the latest trends. When everyone was burning CDs I was still burning books. 2017 April 30, Norm Macdonald Live, season 3, episode 12, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
We'll burn all this wood by morning.
He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.
The campfire was ready to go, so she burned it with her lighter.
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles. 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29:
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To ignite (something); to light and smoke (a cigarette, joint, etc.).
I'm going to burn the stove now so the room will start warming up.
She burned a cigarette with her lighter.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To overheat so as to make unusable.
with a heavy fire in the fire box there would be great danger of overheating, and thus injuring the boiler or of "burning" it, as it is ordinarily termed. 1874, Railroad Gazette, volume 6, page 352:
He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To kill by fire.
She was burned at the stake.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To transform using fire.
The factory will burn that wood into charcoal.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To use up; to use by burning; to consume as fuel.
That power plant burns natural gas.
I need to burn some calories.
We can burn a candle tonight.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To use up; to use by burning; to consume as fuel. ▸ To waste time, money or other resources.
The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year.
Oh, why don’t you save all the money you earn? / If I didn’t eat, I’d have money to burn. c. 1897, anonymous (lyrics and music), “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum”
We have an hour to burn.
(of an engine, transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To lose motor oil because it leaks into the combustion chamber and ignites along with the fuel.
I think my car is burning oil.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To cauterize.
I had to burn the wound to stop the bleeding.
(qualifier:pottery, transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To harden (bricks, pottery, etc.) in a kiln.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To injure (a person or animal) with heat, flames or scorching.
She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years.
(figuratively, slang, transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To injure (a person or animal) with heat, flames or scorching. ▸ To insult or defeat.
I just burned you again.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To make or produce by the application of real or figurative fire, light or burning heat.
I posted myself near a place where they had been burning charcoal, and very soon the hare came running past, close to where I was standing. 1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 78:
to burn a hole; to burn letters into a block
The rancher burned his brand into the cow's hide.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To make or produce by the application of real or figurative fire, light or burning heat. ▸ To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
We’ll burn this program onto an EEPROM one hour before the demo begins.
I've never been on top of the latest trends. When everyone was burning CDs I was still burning books. 2017 April 30, Norm Macdonald Live, season 3, episode 12, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
At first they didn’t do anything by design, beyond writing songs and gigging around Sheffield, distributing homemade demo CDs at shows. Their canny friends burned copies to leave on buses, but more importantly, uploaded them to filesharing sites and set up a MySpace page. 2015 October 22, Laura Snapes, “How Arctic Monkeys’ debut single changed the music industry and ‘killed the NME’”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
(broadly, transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To make or produce by the application of real or figurative fire, light or burning heat. ▸ To render subtitles into a video's content while transcoding it, making the subtitles part of the image (hardsubs).
My old DVD player could play DivX files but didn't recognize the subtitle file, so I had to burn them in.
(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire; to destroy or otherwise impact with fire or flames. ▸ To make or produce by the application of real or figurative fire, light or burning heat. ▸ To make an area of an image darker (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by increasing the exposure of that area to light).
(intransitive, transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; to injure with acid or other chemical reactions; to be painful as if by fire or heat; to be hot.
Be careful, as that chemical is acidic enough to burn you.
This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
Habaneros burn more intensely than most peppers. They will burn your mouth.
This tyrant fever burns me up. c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
You might have a fever, your forehead is burning.
My eyes hurt, the cold and dry air makes them burn.
You are jealous and covet [what others have] and your desires go unfulfilled; [so] you become murderers. [To hate is to murder as far as your hearts are concerned.] You burn with envy and anger and are not able to obtain [the gratification, the contentment, and the happiness that you seek], so you fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask. 1965, Amplified Bible, James 4:2:
(intransitive, transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; to injure with acid or other chemical reactions; to be painful as if by fire or heat; to be hot. ▸ To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
A human being burns a certain amount of carbon with each respiration.
to burn iron in oxygen
(dated, intransitive, transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; to injure with acid or other chemical reactions; to be painful as if by fire or heat; to be hot. ▸ To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
Copper burns in chlorine.
Senses as to a figurative burning action ▸ To defeat, overcome or score on.
With that dunk, he burned the defender and the coach's whole strategy.
They burned our defenses.
The Rangers burned the visiting team.
(qualifier:usually passive voice, transitive) Senses as to a figurative burning action ▸ To subject to misfortune or maltreatment; to swindle or rob.
I've been burned before by these kinds of promises.
That's when we burn the mark, and we'll be gone before he knows what happened.
(slang, transitive) Senses as to a figurative burning action ▸ To betray; to con or rob.
The informant burned him.
(slang, transitive) Senses as to a figurative burning action ▸ To shoot someone with a firearm.
(transitive) Senses as to a figurative burning action ▸ To compromise (a cover story).
He had already burned his cover with Mrs. Phillips, and it was not a mistake he intended to make again. 2011, Thomas H. Cook, Night Secrets:
Eventually they'd report back to Ryker, and he still didn't know if Ryker had personally burned his cover and sent assassins after him, or if the SSU had a mole. Until he knew for certain, he had to play this safe. 2013, Vanessa Kier, Vengeance: The SSU Book 1:
(transitive) Senses as to a figurative burning action ▸ To blackmail.
"How does Leipzig burn him precisely?" Enderby insisted. "What's the pressure? Dirty pix—well, okay. Karla's a puritan, so's Kirov. But I mean, Christ, this isn't the fifties, is it? […] 1979, John le Carré, Smiley's People:
(transitive) Senses as to a figurative burning action ▸ To swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
(intransitive) Senses as to a figurative burning action ▸ To accidentally touch a moving stone.
(intransitive, slang) Senses as to a figurative burning action ▸ To discard.
ne डढ्नु (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · qu hapuy (to injure with heat or chemicals) · ar أَحْرَقَ (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fr brûler (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ms merakam (computing: to write data) · gd loisg (to overheat so as to make unusable) · sw choma (to overheat so as to make unusable) · sh spaliti (to cause to be consumed by fire) · he שרף (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fi fuusioitua (physics: to be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion) · pt arder (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · az yanmaq (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ru сгоре́ть (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · mk гори (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · bg пека (computing: to write data) · fr brûler (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · mk гори (to cause to be consumed by fire) · it bruciare (to injure with heat or chemicals) · ar اِحْتَرَقَ (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fur ardi (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nl in de steek laten (to betray) · it bruciare (to waste) · az yandırmaq (to injure with heat or chemicals) · el καίγομαι (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · chr ᎠᎪᎲᏍᎦ (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sk zhorieť (chemistry: to combine energetically, with evolution of heat) · sv bränna (to become overheated) · nl doden (to waste) · kmr sotin (to cause to be consumed by fire) · my လောင် (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fi tappaa (to waste) · qu ninay (to cause to be consumed by fire) · pl stracić (to waste) · sk zabiť (to waste) · sq djeg (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sk horieť (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · mi mura (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · it bruciare (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ro arde (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fi polttaa (to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat) · es fogarear (to cause to be consumed by fire) · la ārdeō (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fo brenna (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fi palaa (to become overheated) · zea verbrande (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · kmr sotin (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · nl kwetsen (slang: to insult or defeat) · it incendiare (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ln tumba (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · alt кӱйер (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sk spáliť (chemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent) · da brænde (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sa ज्वलति (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ur جلانا (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nl verbranden (to overheat so as to make unusable) · gl queimar (to overheat so as to make unusable) · mnc ᡩᡝᡳᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sro ardiri (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ru записать (computing: to write data) · fr surchauffer (to become overheated) · ar وَلَّع (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ar حرق (to cause to be consumed by fire) · bg изгарям (to injure with heat or chemicals) · alt јандырар (to cause to be consumed by fire) · oc cremar (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sh goreti (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · dlm ardar (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · cu палити (to cause to be consumed by fire) · mn асах (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · io brular (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ang birnan (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · gd loisg (to injure with heat or chemicals) · tl sunugin (to cause to be consumed by fire) · alt јандырар (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · lo ເຜົາ (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ru сжига́ть (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nl verbranden (to become overheated) · bo འབར (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · it bruciare (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ja 焦げる (to become overheated) · vi đốt (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nl verspillen (to waste) · pl płonąć (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · khb ᦕᧁ (to cause to be consumed by fire) · es arder (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · nds brannen (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · nl aanbranden (to become overheated) · sh пржити (computing: to write data) · kmr şewitandin (to cause to be consumed by fire) · br devi (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · pox zazăt (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sk zhorieť (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ro arde (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · gl aburar (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ang onǣlan (to cause to be consumed by fire) · el καίω (computing: to write data) · gd loisg (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sk pripáliť (to overheat so as to make unusable) · la ūrō (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · msk sonog (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · cs hořet (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · pt queimar (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · sco scowder (to overheat so as to make unusable) · fi polttaa (to overheat so as to make unusable) · eu erre (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · hu ég (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · es foguerear (to cause to be consumed by fire) · as পোৰা (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ja 燃やす (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nl verbranden (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · is brenna (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · tr yanmak (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ru горе́ть (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · no foræde (to betray) · hu ír (computing: to write data) · no forbrenne (to injure with heat or chemicals) · zh 燒 /烧 (to injure with heat or chemicals) · mn хайрах (to injure with heat or chemicals) · izh polttaa (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sk horieť (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · pt sobreexpor (photography: to make darker (to increase the exposure of an area of a photo)) · oc cremar (to cause to be consumed by fire) · su beuleum (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · la flammō (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · es combustionar (to cause to be consumed by fire) · pl wypalić (computing: to write data) · hsb spalić (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sv brinna (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · os судзын (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · be спалі́ць (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ar اتحرق (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · msk sosol (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · vec àrdar (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sh pržiti (computing: to write data) · es quemar (to injure with heat or chemicals) · mk изгорува (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ks دَزُن (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · tl mag-alab (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · sl zažgati (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ja 燃える (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · izh pallaa (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · enm brennen (to make or produce by the application of fire) · chr ᎠᎪᎲᏍᏗᎭ (to cause to be consumed by fire) · grc καίω (to cause to be consumed by fire) · arc אִשְׂתָּרֵיף (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · cy llosgi (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · pt queimar (to become overheated) · ko 태우다 (to overheat so as to make unusable) · fr brûler (to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat) · tet sunu (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nmn ʘʻáa (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fi polttaa (to approach near to a concealed object which is sought) · ltg degt (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ug يانماق (to cause to be consumed by fire) · gd loisg (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sw choma (to cause to be consumed by fire) · no brenne (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · sk spáliť (to overheat so as to make unusable) · it ustionare (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ko 달아오르다 (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · ce дага (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · pt queimar (to betray) · et põlema (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · te తగులబెట్టు (to cause to be consumed by fire) · no brenne (computing: to write data) · pl oparzyć (to injure with heat or chemicals) · xal түлх (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fa سوختن (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ain ウフイ (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sv skålla (to injure with heat or chemicals) · srn bron (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ka იწვის (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ko 불타다 (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fi palaa (curling: to accidentally touch a moving stone) · sdn brujà (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fi polttaa (to injure with heat or chemicals) · my ရှို့ (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ca cremar (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · uk записати (computing: to write data) · fi heittää pois (card games: to discard) · enm brennen (to cause to be consumed by fire) · got 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · nl verteren (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · de verbrennen (to injure with heat or chemicals) · mi tāmau (computing: to write data) · sh narezati (computing: to write data) · ru жечь (to cause to be consumed by fire) · evn дегдэми (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · lad kemar (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ja ヒリヒリする (to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat) · sk spáliť (to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat) · tg сӯхтан (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · hy այրվել (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · bua носохо (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ro arde (to injure with heat or chemicals) · txb sälp- (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · pt gravar (computing: to write data) · az yaxmaq (to cause to be consumed by fire) · la ūrō (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sk vypalovať (to make or produce by the application of fire) · fi polttaa (to make or produce by the application of fire) · es quemar (computing: to write data) · fi polttaa (computing: to write data) · cic lowak (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ast quemar (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · pl przypalić się (to become overheated) · kw leski (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · eo bruligi (to cause to be consumed by fire) · kk жану (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ga dóigh (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · yi ברענען (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · nrf brûler (to injure with heat or chemicals) · ko 태우다 (to cause to be consumed by fire) · km ដុត (to cause to be consumed by fire) · as জ্বলা (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · mi tora (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · he שרף (to waste) · fi kuumottaa (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · pt pirar (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · id membakar (computing: to write data) · sdc brujà (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · nrf brûler (to cause to be consumed by fire) · crh yanmaq (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sa दधाति (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fi polttaa (to waste) · ru обже́чь (to injure with heat or chemicals) · yag kukata (to cause to be consumed by fire) · pl tracić (to waste) · tl mag-apoy (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · ang bærnan (to cause to be consumed by fire) · no brenne (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sa ओषति (to cause to be consumed by fire) · tsg sunug (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sk zhorieť (to become overheated) · fi lisävalottaa (photography: to make darker (to increase the exposure of an area of a photo)) · eo bruli (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · nl branden (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · mn шатах (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · gl requeimar (to overheat so as to make unusable) · tr harcamak (to waste) · ro arde (to overheat so as to make unusable) · tl silabin (to cause to be consumed by fire) · lt deginti (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sc abbruscare (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · cs popálit (to injure with heat or chemicals) · tl sumunog (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ro arde (to become overheated) · es quemar (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sl goreti (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · hy այրել (to cause to be consumed by fire) · cs spálit (to overheat so as to make unusable) · orv жечи (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sc ardere (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · egy r:a-x:t-Q7-i-m (to cause to be consumed by fire) · gl queimar (to cause to be consumed by fire) · is brenna (to cause to be consumed by fire) · su huru (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · rup ardu (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · mk изгори (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sk spáliť (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fi nokittaa (slang: to insult or defeat) · el καίω (to overheat so as to make unusable) · fr passer au feu (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fr avoir (slang: to insult or defeat) · vi cháy (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · kac nat (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sv brinna (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ru пали́ть (to cause to be consumed by fire) · lmo brüsà (to cause to be consumed by fire) · za coemh (to cause to be consumed by fire) · th ไหม้ (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · gl arder (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · tl sunog (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · te కాలు (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · bg обгарям (to injure with heat or chemicals) · mi ngiha (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fi polttaa (card games: to discard) · ky күйүү (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sq kall (to cause to be consumed by fire) · as জলোৱা (to cause to be consumed by fire) · et põletama (to cause to be consumed by fire) · yua toc (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ko 굽다 (computing: to write data) · ro arde (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · nl verbranden (to injure with heat or chemicals) · pl spalić (to cause to be consumed by fire) · es quemar (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ms menulis (computing: to write data) · km ដុត (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ota یانمق (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fi käräyttää (to betray) · tr yazmak (computing: to write data) · bg горя́ (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sa ज्वल् (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ja ひりひりする (to consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat) · bua шатаха (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · da brænde (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · pl palić (to cause to be consumed by fire) · be згара́ць (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · sh опећи (to injure with heat or chemicals) · fr griller (to betray) · mr जळने (to become overheated) · it ustionare (to injure with heat or chemicals) · pt queimar (to overheat so as to make unusable) · am ማቃጠል (to cause to be consumed by fire) · br leski (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · mn шатаах (to cause to be consumed by fire) · cic lowa (to cause to be consumed by fire) · uk пали́ти (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nl gloeien (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · el καίγομαι (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · la cremō (to cause to be consumed by fire) · pt queimar (to cause to be consumed by fire) · jut bræm (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · my မီးရှို့ (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ro arde (computing: to write data) · la incendō (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fr graver (computing: to write data) · dsb paliś (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fi hapettua (chemistry: to combine energetically, with evolution of heat) · orv горѣти (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · yua tóokik (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fr brûler (to approach near to a concealed object which is sought) · bg прегрявам се (to become overheated) · gl esturruxar (to overheat so as to make unusable) · tl silab (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · to vela (to cause to be consumed by fire) · njo-jgl arong (to cause to be consumed by fire) · grc φλέγω (to cause to be consumed by fire) · or ଜଳିବା (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · hu eléget (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sv bränna (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fi hapettaa (chemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent) · nl verliezen (to waste) · fi palaa (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · vi tốn (to waste) · ja 焼ける (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · pt arder (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · pl spalić (to overheat so as to make unusable) · sh zapaliti (to cause to be consumed by fire) · tk köýmek (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ar ضَرِمَ (to cause to be consumed by fire) · enm brennen (to injure with heat or chemicals) · sh горети (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · shn ၽဝ် (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ru перегре́ться (to become overheated) · no brenne (to waste) · xdq икко́ра (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · mn түлэх (to injure with heat or chemicals) · bg прегрявам (to overheat so as to make unusable) · ta எரி (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · nl branden (computing: to write data) · as জ্বলোৱা (to cause to be consumed by fire) · zh 燒 /烧 (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sw choma (to become overheated) · sk popáliť (to injure with heat or chemicals) · izh kärttyä (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · qu pariy (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · pl palić się (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · inh дага (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · lv degt (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · cs spálit se (to become overheated) · sux 𒅡𒅡 (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · csb palëc (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · bg записвам (computing: to write data) · qu rawray (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · uz yoqmoq (to cause to be consumed by fire) · az yaxıb-yandırmaq (to cause to be consumed by fire) · rm brischar (to cause to be consumed by fire) · tl pasuin (to injure with heat or chemicals) · hi जलाना (to cause to be consumed by fire) · so gubid (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ml ജ്വലിക്കുക (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ko 타다 (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · zh 燒 /烧 (to cause to be consumed by fire) · cu горѣти (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · tl mapaso (to injure with heat or chemicals) · az yandırmaq (to cause to be consumed by fire) · pt queimar (to injure with heat or chemicals) · frr bren (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · vi đốt (to injure with heat or chemicals) · ca cremar (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ru обжига́ть (to injure with heat or chemicals) · zea verbrande (to cause to be consumed by fire) · tl sumilab (to cause to be consumed by fire) · pt queimar (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · pl zmarnować (to waste) · sk červenať sa (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · sk vyhodiť (to waste) · el καίω (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ru горе́ть (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · ckb سوتان (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ht boule (to cause to be consumed by fire) · mn галдах (to cause to be consumed by fire) · kmr şewitîn (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ms membakar (computing: to write data) · nl branden (to make or produce by the application of fire) · de verbrennen (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nl beledigen (slang: to insult or defeat) · ky жануу (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · nl laten aanbranden (to overheat so as to make unusable) · ms bakar (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nrf brûler (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sh snimiti (computing: to write data) · clt kuo (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fr incendier (to cause to be consumed by fire) · el καίω (to injure with heat or chemicals) · pl spalić (to betray) · mi kā (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sh opeći (to injure with heat or chemicals) · uk спали́ти (to cause to be consumed by fire) · hsb palić (to cause to be consumed by fire) · pt atear (to cause to be consumed by fire) · as জলা (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · cs pálit (to cause to be consumed by fire) · grc καίομαι (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sk horieť (chemistry: to combine energetically, with evolution of heat) · liv pallõ (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · hi जलना (to become overheated) · ru сжечь (to cause to be consumed by fire) · de brennen (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · fi palaa (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · cs upálit (to cause to be consumed by fire) · zh 燃燒 /燃烧 (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · te కాల్చు (to injure with heat or chemicals) · sk vypáliť (to make or produce by the application of fire) · az yandırmaq (to overheat so as to make unusable) · fi polttaa (to betray) · sv bränna (computing: to write data) · sw choma (to injure with heat or chemicals) · gug tendy (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · he נשרף (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · hu éget (to cause to be consumed by fire) · la aestuō (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · tr yakmak (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sh спалити (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ne जल्नु (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sk pripáliť sa (to become overheated) · sk spalovať (chemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent) · ur جلنا (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · da brænde op (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · uk горі́ти (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · xdq икко́ра (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ota یانمق (to become overheated) · te తగలెట్టు (to waste) · fr se consumer (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · ru перегрева́ться (to become overheated) · es quemarse (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · cs hořet (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · fr brûler (to overheat so as to make unusable) · lt degti (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · da brænde (to cause to be consumed by fire) · unm winkële (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · grc φλέγω (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · tl manunog (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ruo årde (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sw choma (curling: to accidentally touch a moving stone) · it ardere (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · kaw tunu (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nl branden (to feel hot due to embarrassment) · tl masunog (to overheat so as to make unusable) · ks زالُن (to cause to be consumed by fire) · yi ברענען (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ja 焼く (to cause to be consumed by fire) · rm arder (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · sh запалити (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ko 데다 (to betray) · sk páliť (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fi servata (slang: to insult or defeat) · xdq рурга́ра (to cause to be consumed by fire) · nl verbranden (to cause to be consumed by fire) · akl sunog (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · hu elég (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · pl wjazd (slang: to insult or defeat) · dsb paliś se (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ru спали́ть (to cause to be consumed by fire) · sh снимити (computing: to write data) · cs vypálit (computing: to write data) · es combustionar (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · bqi سوزنیدن (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ain ウフイカ (to cause to be consumed by fire) · zea brande (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · th เผา (to cause to be consumed by fire) · fi polttaa (to cause to be consumed by fire) · ar حرق (to cause to be consumed by fire) · id merekam (computing: to write data) · sk napáliť (computing: to write data) · ta எரி (to cause to be consumed by fire) · cs spálit (to cause to be consumed by fire) · uk згорі́ти (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · eo ardi (to desire or ache for) · lmo brusà (to cause to be consumed by fire) · hy վառել (to cause to be consumed by fire) · xsr འབར (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · ml കത്തുക (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · yua elel (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · hi जलना (to be consumed by fire — see also deflagrate) · bg изга́рям (to cause to be consumed by fire) · eo bruligi (to injure with heat or chemicals) · sw choma (pontoon: to swap a pair of cards for another pair; deal a dead card)
From Northern Middle English burn, from Old English burne, burna (“spring, fountain”), Proto-West Germanic *brunnō, from Proto-Germanic *brunnô, *brunō.
Cognate with Scots burn (“stream”), Cimbrian, Mòcheno prunn (“well, spring”), Dutch bron (“well”), German Bronnen, Brun, Brunnen (“well”), Luxembourgish Buer, Bur (“well”), Yiddish ברונעם (brunem, “well”), Danish brønd (“well”), Faroese brunnur, bruður (“well”), Icelandic brunnur (“well”), Norwegian Bokmål, Scanian brønn (“well”), Norwegian Nynorsk brunn, brønn (“well”), Swedish brunn (“well”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰 (brunna, “source, wellspring”), Crimean Gothic brunna (“spring, fountain, source”). Also Albanian burim (“spring, fountain”), Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, “well, reservoir”), Old Armenian աղբիւր (ałbiwr, “fount”). Doublet of bourn. More at brew.
Meanings
(Northern-England, Scotland) A large stream.
At this place, the clay in the 52 ft. embankment had been under water pressure for some weeks before the water level could be lowered, and the burn diverted through a temporary culvert. 1950 October, “Completion of Flood-Damage Repairs, East Coast Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, pages 708-709:
This darksome burn, horseback brown, / His rollrock highroad roaring down, / In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam / Flutes and low to the lake falls home. 1881, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Inversnaid”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 53:
When it was too heavy rain the burn ran very high and wide and ye could never jump it. 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 105:
He may pitch on some tuft of lilacs over a burn, and smoke innumerable pipes to the tune of the water on the stones. 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
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