burned en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɜːnd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /bɔːnd/ (Northumbria)
- /ˈbɝnd/ (General-American)
Etymology
The past tense is inherited from Middle English burnede. The past participle (from which the adjective is also derived) is inherited from Middle English burned. Synchronically, both forms are equivalent to burn + -ed.
Meanings
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Damaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.
Creating more burned range, which is not available in severe winters, would be of no use.
1985, Ervin G. Schuster, Below-cost Timber Sales, page 46:It burned around her face, around her breast and arm and face—she was very burned. And her hair was burned, and ... oh God.
2014, Gregory William Mank, The Very Witching Time of Night, page 17:Few photos were even taken of the inner side of the closet door, so that only witness memories—police and firefighter witness memories—can attest to which side was more burned.
2019, Edward Humes, Burned: A Story of Murder and the Crime That Wasn't, page 148:That's when the doctors found out that my throat was very burned and swollen, and that I was not lying.
2017, Brian Soto, My Life with Tumors & Cancer:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more burned | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most burned | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| burnt | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dad-burned · burned out · sunburned · windburned · heartburned · burned-over district · unburned
Translations (1)
eo bruligita (consumed by fire)