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- 1. on fire: "a burning building" Similar Opposite
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Crowds marched through the streets carrying burning effigies of the president. Pictures of the bombed and burning city inflamed feelings / passions further. My jumper started to singe when I leaned over a burning candle. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. a. : being on fire. b. : ardent, intense. burning enthusiasm. 2. a. : affecting with or as if with heat. a burning fever. b. : resembling that produced by a burn. a burning sensation on the tongue. 3. : of fundamental importance : urgent. one of the burning issues of our time. burningly. ˈbər-niŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. ablaze.
1. adjective. You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot. ...the burning desert of Central Asia. Synonyms: very hot, boiling, baking, flaming More Synonyms of burning. Burning is also an adverb. He touched the boy's forehead. It was burning hot. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
3 Jul 2013 · : to consume fuel and give off heat, light, and gases. A small fire burned on the hearth. b. : to undergo combustion. Soft woods burn easily.—Marc Hayot. also: to undergo nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. A constant fusion fire burns in its core, where the hydrogen atomic nuclei merge into helium. —Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.
adjective. aflame; on fire. very hot; simmering: The water was burning. very bright; glowing: She wore a burning red bathing suit. caused by or as if by fire, a burn, or heat: He had a burning sensation in his throat. intense; passionate: a burning desire. urgent or crucial: a burning question. noun.
Define burning. burning synonyms, burning pronunciation, burning translation, English dictionary definition of burning. adj. 1. Marked by flames or intense heat: a burning sun. 2. Characterized by intense emotion; passionate: a burning desire for justice. 3. Of immediate...
to be hurt, damaged, or destroyed by fire or extreme heat, or to cause this to happen: He was badly burned in the blaze. She burned his old love letters. be burned alive Unable to escape, six people were burned alive (= died by burning) in the building. burn to death If someone falls into that firepit, they could burn to death.