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burning en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɝnɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /bɔːnɪn/ (Northumbria)
• /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By surface analysis, burn + -ing.

Meanings

1. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
   • the burning sun
   • The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them. 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:
   • Hot summer streets and the pavements are burning, I sit around / Trying to smile, but the air is so heavy and dry 1983 June 27, Sara Dallin; Siobhan Fahey; Keren Woodward; Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, “Cruel Summer”, in Bananarama, performed by Bananarama:
2. Feeling very hot.
   • burning skin
3. Feeling great passion.
   • her burning heart
4. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
   • like a young hound upon a burning scent 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
   • a burning passion
   • burning zeal
5. Being keenly discussed.
   • a burning question; a burning issue
6. On fire.
   • The driver remained at his post, while telling fireman Jim Nightall to get down on the track and run back to uncouple the burning wagon from the rest. 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948:
   • A firefighter puts water on a burning tree as flames approach a containment line, while fighting the King fire near Fresh Pond, California. 2014 September 19, Andrew Gumbel, “California's burning up: firefighters rush to the scene as major wildfires scorch the state”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

nonburning · red burning skin syndrome · slow-burning · barn-burning · burning hot · Burning Man · electroburning · burning mouth syndrome · burning tongue syndrome · oil-burning · burning plasma · burningness · burning-glass · long-burning · burning bush · burning feet syndrome · burningly · burning nuclear plasma · burning question · overburning

Synonyms

live · ardent

Translations (47)

bg горящ (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · ru горя́щий (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · de brennend (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · eo brulanta (on fire) · fi palava (feeling very hot) · la igneus (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · fi polttava (being keenly discussed) · cmn 燃烧的 (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · es ardiente (feeling very hot) · bg горещ (feeling great passion) · la flagrans (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · ca ardent (feeling great passion) · fr ardent (feeling great passion) · ro ferbinte (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · es ardiente (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · ota سوزان (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · grc φλόγινος (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · sv brännande (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · cs pálivý (of nettle) (feeling very hot) · hy կիզիչ (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · fa سوزان (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · fi palava (feeling great passion) · fi palava (on fire) · got 𐍆𐌿𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · cs pálící (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · pt ardente (feeling very hot) · cmn 炽热的 (feeling great passion) · fi polttava (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · pt ardente (feeling great passion) · pt ardente (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · fi polttava (feeling great passion) · he לוֹהֵט (feeling very hot) · cs palčivý (feeling great passion) · bg горещ (feeling very hot) · ca ardent (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · cmn 灼热的 (feeling very hot) · sv brännhet (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · hi ज्वलंत (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · fr ardent (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · ota قیزغین (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · ro arzător (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · es ardiente (feeling great passion) · ca ardent (feeling very hot) · ro ardent (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · fr brûlant (feeling very hot) · fr brûlant (so hot as to seem to burn (something)) · zdj -hali (so hot as to seem to burn (something))

burning en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɝnɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /bɔːnɪn/ (Northumbria)
• /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By surface analysis, burn + -ing.

Meanings

1. The act by which something burns or is burned.
   • The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh. 1850, The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, volume 91, page 93:
   • The suspect is the 21-year-old son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff’s deputy and may have been influenced by “black metal” music and its “associated history with church burnings,” the state fire marshal’s office said. 2019 April 12, Paul P. Murphy and Samira Said, “Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook”, in CNN:
   • It gives a fine delineation of the burnings of shame, disappointed ambition, and vengeance[…] 1828, Timothy Flint, The Western Monthly Review, volume 1, page 403:
2. A fire.
   • The burnings continued all day.
3. The purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.
4. A fiery pain.

Forms

Deriveds

burning index · book-burning · yield burning · barnburning · wood-burning · burning mirror · burning glass · silicon burning · coal burning · brand from the burning · oil-burning · burning bar · carbon burning · inburning · woodburning · heartburning · burning lens · field burning · mowburning · burning times · afterburning · hydrogen burning · bra-burning · burning-ghat · book burning · lime burning · flag-burning · oxygen burning · helium burning · bridge-burning

Translations (24)

pdt Braunt (fire) · gl lume (fire) · de Verbrennung (fire) · pt queima (fire) · fi polte (fiery pain) · fi poltto (act by which something burns or is burned) · fi polttaminen (act by which something burns or is burned) · ca crema (act by which something burns or is burned) · fi palo (fire) · bg горене (fire) · es quema (act by which something burns or is burned) · el καύση (fire) · bg огън (fire) · qu rawray (fire) · es quemamiento (act by which something burns or is burned) · fr brûlage (fire) · txb pälśalñe (fire) · he דליקה (fire) · sq zhur (fiery pain) · fi palaminen (fire) · he שריפה (fire) · sv bränning (act by which something burns or is burned) · ro ardere (fire) · gl queima (fire)

burning en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɝnɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /bɔːnɪn/ (Northumbria)
• /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By surface analysis, burn + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of burn
   form of burn