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burning
1. v. present participle of burn
2. adj. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
the burning sun
3. adj. Feeling very hot.
burning skin
4. adj. Feeling great passion.
her burning heart
5. adj. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
burning zeal
6. adj. Being keenly discussed.
a burning question; a burning issue
7. n. The act by which something burns or is burned.
8. n. A fire.
The burnings continued all day.
burn
1. n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
She had second-degree burns from falling in the bonfire.
2. n. A sensation resembling such an injury.
chili burn from eating hot peppers
3. n. The act of burning something.
They're doing a controlled burn of the fields.
4. n. (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
5. n. (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
6. n. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
One and, two and, keep moving; feel the burn!
7. n. (chiefly prison slang) tobacco
8. n. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
They have a good burn.
9. n. A disease in vegetables; brand.
10. v. To cause to be consumed by fire.
He burned his manuscript in the fireplace.
11. v. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
He watched the house burn.
12. v. To overheat so as to make unusable.
He burned the toast. The blacksmith burned the steel.
13. v. (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
The grill was too hot and the steak burned.
14. v. To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
to burn a hole; to burn letters into a block
15. v. To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
She burned the child with an iron, and was jailed for ten years.
16. v. (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
17. v. To sunburn.
She forgot to put on sunscreen and burned.
18. v. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
to burn the mouth with pepper
19. v. (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
The child's forehead was burning with fever. Her cheeks burned with shame.
20. v. (chemistry, transitive) 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 at each respiration. to burn iron in oxygen
21. v. (chemistry, dated) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
Copper burns in chlorine.
22. v. (transitive, computing) 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.
23. v. (transitive, slang) To betray.
The informant burned him.
24. v. (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
I just burned you again.
25. v. To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
We have an hour to burn.
The company has burned more than a million dollars a month this year.
26. v. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
You're cold... warm... hot... you're burning!
27. v. (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
28. v. (transitive, cards) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
29. v. (photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
30. v. (intransitive, physics, of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star
31. v. (intransitive, slang) To discard.
32. n. (Scotland, northern England) A stream.
fiercely
1. adv. In a fierce manner.
The wind blew fiercely and the rain fell heavily.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
blaze
1. n. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
2. n. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun
3. n. The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
The palomino had a white blaze on its face.
4. n. A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
5. n. A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst.
6. n. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
7. v. (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing a lot of flames and light.
The campfire blazed merrily.
8. v. (intransitive) To shine like a flame.
9. v. To make a thing shine like a flame.
10. v. To mark or cut (a route, especially through vegetation), or figuratively, to set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge.
The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.
Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.
11. v. (slang) To smoke marijuana.
12. v. To blow, as from a trumpet
13. v. To publish; announce publicly
14. v. To disclose; bewray; defame
15. v. (transitive, heraldry) To blazon
16. n. Publication; the act of spreading widely by report
on
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
Are we still on for tonight?
Is the show still on?
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
You can't do that; it's just not on.
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
7. adv. To an operating state.
turn the television on
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
drive on, rock on
9. adv. In continuation, at length.
and so on.
He rambled on and on.
10. adv. (not US) Later.
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
on the table; on the couch
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
The fleet is on the American coast.
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
13. prep. Covering.
He wore old shoes on his feet.
14. prep. At the date of.
Born on the 4th of July.
15. prep. Some time during the day of.
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society.
17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall.
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
I haven't got any money on me.
19. prep. Because of, or due to.
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch.
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
21. prep. Paid for by.
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone?
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
to play on a violin or piano
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
a function on
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
an operator on
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
the free group on four letters
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
heaps on heaps of food
mischief on mischief; loss on loss
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
I depended on them for assistance.
He will promise on certain conditions.
Do you ever bet on horses?
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
Have pity or compassion on him.
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
On us be all the blame.
A curse on him!
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
Can you on the light?
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
fire
1. n. A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
2. n. An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
We sat about the fire singing songs and telling tales.
3. n. The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.
During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.
4. n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
5. n. (British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
6. n. The elements necessary to start a fire.
The fire was laid and needed to be lit.
7. n. The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking.
8. n. Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
9. n. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
10. n. Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
Press fire to fire the gun.
11. v. To set (something, often a building) on fire.
12. v. To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.
They fire the wood to make it easier to put a point on the end.
13. v. To drive away by setting a fire.
14. v. To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
15. v. To shoot (a gun or analogous device).
We will fire our guns at the enemy.
He fired his radar gun at passing cars.
16. v. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
17. v. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
18. v. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
When a neuron fires, it transmits information.
19. v. To forcibly direct (something).
He answered the questions the reporters fired at him.
20. v. (ambitransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
The event handler should only fire after all web page content has finished loading.
The queue fires a job whenever the thread pool is ready to handle it.
21. v. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge
22. v. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
to fire the genius of a young man
23. v. To feed or serve the fire of.
to fire a boiler
24. v. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
25. v. (farriery) To cauterize.
26. v. (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
27. v. (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
28. adj. (slang) Amazing; excellent.
That shit is fire, yo!

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