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# burn

«burn» in Mova's school dictionary: **To be on fire, to make flames and heat: "The wood is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (burn, burns, burned/burnt, burning); noun (a burn, burns)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To be on fire, to make flames and heat: "The wood is burning." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#m1)

2) To damage or destroy with fire or heat: "I burnt the toast." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#m2)

3) To hurt your skin with heat, fire, chemicals or the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#m3)

4) To feel very hot or painful: "My eyes burn." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#m4)

5) To use as fuel: "Cars burn petrol." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#m5)

6) As a noun, an injury from heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#m6)

7) A small stream (Scottish). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

In science, burning is a chemical change: fuel joins with oxygen and gives off heat and light, and cannot be undone; the body "burns" food for energy. In safety: for a burn, cool it under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell an adult; keep away from stoves, kettles and irons; use sunscreen. Phrases: burn down, burn out, sunburn, burn the midnight oil.

### examples

- The candle burned all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#x1)
- I burnt my finger on the pan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#x2)
- Cool a burn under running water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#x3)
- Wood burns and turns to ash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#x4)
- Wear sunscreen so your skin doesn't burn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#x5)
- The house burned down in the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#x6)
- Running burns energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#x7)
- Don't burn the toast! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/#x8)

### note

Past: "burned" (more American) or "burnt" (more British); "burnt toast" as an adjective. Burning is not reversible. Don't put butter or ice on a burn.

### In the corpora

- [Cremation means the body is burned in a crematorium until only ashes are left; the dead person cannot feel anything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/12/)
- [Nearly 2000 years ago a volcano buried a Roman town and burned a library of scrolls to black lumps that nobody could open.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/0/)
- [Some farmers smear fences with chilli and grease or burn chilli bricks, because chilli stings elephants' sensitive trunks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/15/)
- [Milk calms a chilli burn better than water does.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe/16/)
- [The crushed cane stems left over are burned to power the sugar mills.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «burn» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burn/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.